Carolyn Waldo

{{Short description|Canadian synchronized swimmer}}

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{{Use Canadian English|date=September 2024}}

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| fullname = Carolyn Jane Waldo

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| strokes = Synchronised swimming

| club = Calgary Aquabelles

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|12|11}}

| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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{{MedalSport| Synchronised swimming}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalGold|1988 Seoul|Women's Solo}}

{{MedalGold|1988 Seoul|Women's duet}}

{{MedalSilver|1984 Los Angeles|Women's solo}}

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Carolyn Jane Waldo, {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|OC}} (born December 11, 1964, in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian former synchronized swimmer and broadcaster.{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Carolyn Waldo |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/carolyn-waldo-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417232454/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wa/carolyn-waldo-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |accessdate=7 November 2014}}

Waldo is best known for winning two gold medals at the 1988 Summer Olympics, in the Women's Solo and in the Women's Duet with Michelle Cameron. Waldo won at the 1985 Rome and Spanish Opens, 1985 FINA World Cup, 1986 Spanish Open, 1986 Commonwealth Games, 1986 World Championships, 1987 Pan Pacific Championships and the 1987 FINA World Cup. Waldo won a silver medal in the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. Waldo won the Olympic title in the solo and duet competitions at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, making her the Canadian female to win two gold medals at one Olympic Games.{{cite web |last1=DODDS |first1=TRACY |title=THE SEOUL GAMES / DAY 14 : Synchronized Swimming : Ruiz-Conforto Second as Waldo Takes Gold |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-09-30-sp-3149-story.html |website=Los Angeles Times |access-date=25 May 2017 |date=30 September 1988}}

An Officer of the Order of Canada, a four-time winner of the Velma Springstead Trophy, Waldo retired in 1988 and worked as a sportscaster for the television station CJOH in Ottawa, Ontario, until being laid off on November 17, 2015.

During her competitive career, she was sponsored by Sears Canada.{{cite web | title=Double gold Olympics champ Carolyn Waldo; at centre| website=Getty Images | date=27 October 1988 | url=https://www.gettyimages.ca/detail/news-photo/high-cut-and-neon-bright-double-gold-olympics-champ-carolyn-news-photo/502534547 | access-date=19 April 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://media.gettyimages.com/photos/highcut-and-neonbright-double-gold-olympics-champ-carolyn-waldo-at-picture-id502534547?s=2048x2048|access-date=19 April 2023|website=Getty Images|title=Double Gold Olympics Champion Carolyn Waldo}}