| Intro | American swimmer, Olympic athlete, former world record-holder |
| Is |
Athlete Swimmer |
| From | United States of America |
| Type | Sports |
| Gender | female |
| Birth | 23 August 1945, Los Angeles |
| Age: | 75 years |
Carolyn House (born August 23, 1945) is an American former competition swimmer and former world record-holder in two events. At the age of 15, she competed in the preliminary heats of the women’s 400-meter freestyle at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, clocking a time of 5:00.7.
During a ten-day span in August 1962, she broke the world records in both the 800-meter and 1,500-meter freestyle events. On August 16, 1962, she set a new world record of 9:51.6 in the 800-meter freestyle, On August 26, 1962, she established a new world mark of 18:44.0 for the 1,500-meter freestyle, cutting 18.8 seconds off the old mark. Both records would survive until July 1964, almost two years later.