# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/lynn-colella
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:11:01.943Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/lynn-colella"
name: "Lynn Colella"
slug: "lynn-colella"
description: "Lynn Ann Colella, also known for a period by her married name Lynn Colella-Bell, is an American former swimmer and Olympic medalist who trained at Seattle's Cascade Swim Club and at the University of Washington before the college had a varsity women's team. She represented the United States at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, where she won a silver medal in the 200-meter butterfly, finishing second behind American team member Karen Moe. In butterfly and breaststroke events during her swimming career, she set six American records. She is the older sister of Rick Colella, a 1976 Montreal Olympic bronze medalist in the 200-meter breaststroke."
tagline: "American swimmer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Lynn_Colella_1973.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1950-06-13"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           42.39
  momentum:             15
  historical:           10.004644
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%BD_%D0%9A%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%D0%B0"
    title: "Лінн Колелла"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Colella"
    title: "Lynn Colella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Colella"
    title: "Lynn Colella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Colella"
    title: "Lynn Colella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%84%DB%8C%D9%86_%DA%A9%D9%88%D9%84%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "لین کوللا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Colella"
    title: "Lynn Colella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9F_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%9C%D7%94"
    title: "לין קוללה"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Colella"
    title: "Lynn Colella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Colella"
    title: "Lynn Colella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Colella"
    title: "Lynn Colella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Colella"
    title: "Lynn Colella"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6708974"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump