 Catie Ball in 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Catharine Northcutt Ball | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Catie" | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 30, 1951 Jacksonville, Florida, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 128 lb (58 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke, medley | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | J.E.T.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Florida (Head coach) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Catharine Ball Condon (born September 30, 1951), née Catharine Northcutt Ball, is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder in three events. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. 4×100-meter medley relay team. Ball is a former world record holder in the 100-meter and 200-meter breaststroke events, and is remembered as a teenage star who was the dominant female breaststroke swimmer of her generation.