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Full name | Kristen Elizabeth Babb-Sprague | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Walnut Creek, California | July 29, 1968||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Synchronized swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Kristen Elizabeth Babb-Sprague (born July 29, 1968) is an American former synchronized swimmer. [1] [2]
Babb-Sprague was awarded a gold medal in the women's solo event at the 1992 Summer Olympics after a scoring scandal. [3] In the technical figures routine, a Brazilian judge accidentally entered a score of 8.7 instead of 9.7 for the Canadian swimmer Sylvie Fréchette, allowing Babb-Sprague to win the competition. [4] Fréchette's medal was afterwards upgraded to gold by the International Swimming Federation, but Babb-Sprague was allowed to retain hers. [3]
Babb-Sprague is married to former Major League Baseball player Ed Sprague.
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