Colleen Lanne

Colleen Anne Lanné[lower-alpha 1] (born August 18, 1979) is an American former competition swimmer who represented the United States in the Olympics, FINA world championships and Pan American Games. She competed internationally in freestyle swimming events.

Colleen Lanné
Personal information
Full nameColleen Anne Lanné
National team United States
Born (1979-08-18) August 18, 1979
Tucson, Arizona
Height5 ft 10.5 in (1.791 m)
Weight145 lb (66 kg)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle
College teamTexas Longhorns
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens 4×100 m freestyle
World Championships (LC)
Silver medal – second place 2001 Fukuoka 4×100 m freestyle
World Championships (SC)
Silver medal – second place 2002 Moscow 4×200 m freestyle
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 2003 Santo Domingo 4×100 m freestyle
Gold medal – first place 2003 Santo Domingo 4×200 m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 2003 Santo Domingo 200 m freestyle

Lanné qualified for the 2004 U.S. Olympic team in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay after finishing fifth in the 100-meter freestyle at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials. She earned a silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, by swimming for the second-place U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay.

In 2002 Lanne' was a silver medalist in the 4×200-meter freestyle relay at the Short Course World Championships. She won a silver in the 200-meter freestyle, as well as gold medals in the 4×100-meter and 4×200-meter freestyle relays at the 2003 Pan American Games.

Lanné attended the University of Texas at Austin, where she swam for the Texas Longhorns swimming and diving team.

See also

Notes
  1. Colleen's last name is spelled Lanne' or Lanné, though she went by the former in meets (with the apostrophe rather than the accented "e") due to a systemic problem which prevented the "é" character's use.


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