Jenny Kemp
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| Full name | Jennifer Jo Kemp | |||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | "Jenny" | |||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 28, 1955 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 146 lb (66 kg) | |||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | John Segers Carey m. 1983 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke, freestyle | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Cincinnati Marlins | |||||||||||||||||
| College team | University of Cincinnati | |||||||||||||||||
| Coach | Paul Bergen (Marlins) | |||||||||||||||||
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Jennifer Jo Kemp (born May 28, 1955) is an American former competition swimmer, an Olympic champion in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay, and a former world record-holder.
Kemp was born on May 28, 1955 in Cincinnati to Betty and Cliff Kemp, who worked for Proctor and Gamble. By the time of her Olympic competition, she was one of five siblings, her twin brother was a High School All-American swimmer, and at least one other sibling had swum competitively. Kemp attended Regina High School in Norwood, graduating in June 1974, and did her training and competition as part of the Cincinnati Pepsi Marlins where she began swimming in 1964 at the age of 9. Prior to her Olympic Competition, she was coached by Paul Bergen, from 1968-1972 while swimming for the Pepsi Marlins. Jenny also participated in Water Polo with the Marlins, and in November of her Senior year competed in the Senior Women's National Indoor Water Polo Championships in Cincinnati.
She placed third in the 200-yard freestyle at the AAU Championships in Dallas in early April 1972, with a time of 1:53.58, second in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 52.64 seconds, third in the 100 and fourth in the 200-yard backstroke.