Kiki Caron

Who is Kiki Caron?

Christine "Kiki" Caron is a French former backstroke swimmer. She won the silver medal in 100 m backstroke at the 1964 Summer Olympics and the gold medal in the same event at the 1966 European Aquatics Championships. She also participated in the 1968 Summer Olympics where she was the first woman to carry the French flag at the opening ceremony. During her swimming career she won 29 national swimming titles. Her elder sister Annie was also a swimmer and competed at the 1960 Olympics.

After retiring from swimming she acted in two films: Le lys de mer and Violentata sulla sabbia. In 2005 she was named Chevalier de la Legion of Honour. Duing the next year she published an autobiography titled Kiki with a preface written by Johnny Hallyday.