This continues a countdown to this week's start of the Olympics with Southern Arizona figures from previous Games.
Candy Costie Merrill
• Olympics: 1984, Los Angeles
• Local connection: Attended the UA
• Feat: Costie Merrill won a gold medal in the synchronized swimming duet with partner Tracie Ruiz-Conforto in Los Angeles. Only three nations competed in the event - the United States, Canada and Japan. Costie Merrill was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1995.
• Current: Costie Merrill lives in Overland Park, Kan., with her husband. Together they own Merrill Companies, a real estate firm.
