Lynn Burke

Lynn Burke is the kind of athlete I find genuinely inspiring. A 1960 Rome Olympic backstroke champion and a holder of world records in two events, she reached the summit in an era without the polished development machinery athletes enjoy today. Backstroke is a lonely discipline, staring at the sky and trusting only your own rhythm, and that demands a particular kind of inner steel. Her induction into the International Swimming Hall of Fame feels entirely earned. She later lived as Lynn McConville, but for me the enduring image is a young woman from New York touching the wall first on the world stage. That moment deserves to be remembered.

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Name (English)

Lynn Burke

Name (Japanese)

リン・バーク

Reading

りん・ばーく

Born

March 22, 1943 (age 83)

Origin

New York City, New York, United States

Height

173 cm

Occupation

swimmer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aries / Goat

High school

Flushing High School

Awards & achievements

• International Swimming Hall of Fame

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn%20Burke
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%90%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AF
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q267110

Tags

• New York
• swimmer

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.