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Candy Costie
Personal information
Full name	Candace Costie
Nickname	"Candy"
National team	United States
Born	March 12, 1963 (age 61); Seattle, Washington
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	50 kg (110 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Synchronized swimming
Club	Arizona Wildcats
Medal record
Synchronized swimming
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
World Aquatics Championships
Pan American Games

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Candace Costie (born March 12, 1963) is an American competitor and Olympic champion in synchronized swimming.^[1]

After claiming a silver medal in the women's duet at the 1982 World Aquatics Championships with her swimming partner Tracie Ruiz,^[2] they went on to secure gold medals in both the women's duet at the 1983 Pan American Games and the women's duet at the 1984 Summer Olympics.^[3] Their partnership also extended to winning four US national championships and one NCAA national championship.^[4]

In 1985, Candy tied the knot with Olympic silver medalist Doug Burke^[5] who was a member of the United States water polo team at the Los Angeles games. Candy was later remarried to Fred Merrill, Jr^[4] and they now run their own real estate firm, Merill Companies.^[6]

Awards

Candy Costie was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1995.

References

^ "Candy Costie Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
^ Faber, Nancy (April 16, 1984). "Candy Costie and Tracie Ruiz Are at Their Most Buoyant When They Get That Synching Feeling". People. USA. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
^ "1984 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Synchronized Swimming". databaseOlympics.com. Retrieved April 26, 2008. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)
^ ^a ^b "Candy Costie profile at international swimming Hall of Fame". ishof.org. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
^ Thomas, Pete (May 22, 1985). "Things Are Going Swimmingly for Medal Winners Doug Burke and Candy Costie as One New Venture After Another Surfaces". Los Angeles Times. USA. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
^ Hu, Janny (August 10, 2004). "20 years ago, local Olympians made a major medal haul in L.A." Seattle Post-Intelligencer. USA. Retrieved 19 November 2014.

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[SportsRef-1] "Candy Costie Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Retrieved November 19, 2014.

[People-2] Faber, Nancy (April 16, 1984). "Candy Costie and Tracie Ruiz Are at Their Most Buoyant When They Get That Synching Feeling". People. USA. Retrieved November 19, 2014.

[db-olymp-1984SYN-3] "1984 Summer Olympics – Los Angeles, United States – Synchronized Swimming". databaseOlympics.com. Retrieved April 26, 2008. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help)

[ISHOF-4] "Candy Costie profile at international swimming Hall of Fame". ishof.org. Retrieved November 19, 2014.

[LATimes-5] Thomas, Pete (May 22, 1985). "Things Are Going Swimmingly for Medal Winners Doug Burke and Candy Costie as One New Venture After Another Surfaces". Los Angeles Times. USA. Retrieved 19 November 2014.

[SeattlePost-6] Hu, Janny (August 10, 2004). "20 years ago, local Olympians made a major medal haul in L.A." Seattle Post-Intelligencer. USA. Retrieved 19 November 2014.

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