Carolyn House

Carolyn House (born August 23, 1945) is an American former competition swimmer, who swam for the Los Angeles Athletic Club, a 1960 Olympic participant in the 400-meter freestyle, and a former world record-holder in two events. House was born in Los Angeles on August 23, 1945 to Dr. Howard House, a well known otolaryngologist who graduated the University of Southern California.

Carolyn attended the Hollywood Professional School and later John Marshall High School in Los Angeles, where she began in the fall of 1960, graduating around 1963. In High School, she lived only six blocks from swimming rival and best friend Sharon Finneran. Overcoming a few obstacles in her athletic career, House was born prematurely at six months with very limited vision in her left eye from birth, and wore a contact in her right.