Kiki Caron

Christine "Kiki" Caron (born 1948 in Paris) is a French former backstroke swimmer. She won the silver medal in the 100 metre backstroke at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the gold medal in the same event at the 1966 European Aquatics Championships, and she swam again at the 1968 Olympics, where she became the first woman to carry the French flag at the opening ceremony. Across her career she won 29 national titles. Her older sister Annie also swam, at the 1960 Olympics. After retiring she acted in two films, entered the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1998, was named a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour in 2005 and published an autobiography titled Kiki.