Patricia KEMPNER

As a 13-year-old, Patty Kempner placed fifth in the 200 m breaststroke at the 1956 Final Trials. Four years later she improved to take second place at the Trials and finished seventh in the Olympic final in Rome. Kempner, a student at the University of Arizona, swam the breaststroke stage in the medley relay at the Olympics when the U.S. set a world record and beat the more fancied Australians by a comfortable margin. She won the AAU indoor 100 y breaststroke title in 1957 and 1958 and won silver in the 200 m breststroke at the 1959 Pan American Games.