# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/joan-spillane
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:47:02.584Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/joan-spillane"
name: "Joan Spillane"
slug: "joan-spillane"
description: "Joan Arlene Spillane, known by her married name, Joan Spillane Postma after August, 1962, is an American former competition swimmer, 1960 Olympic champion in the 4x100 meter freestyle relay, and a former world record-holder. In her career, Spillane would hold American records in the 440, 200 and 100 yard distances. She attended the University of Michigan on an academic scholarship from 1960-62, and completed her education at the University of Houston in 1964 where she majored in Elementary Education. As Joan Postma, she had a 30-year career as a teacher and educational administrator for the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District in Montgomery County, Texas."
tagline: "American swimmer"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/56/Joan_Spillane_1960b.jpg/330px-Joan_Spillane_1960b.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1943-01-31"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.030927835051546
  historical:           12.003852
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  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "Joan Spillane"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump