What is Janis Hape?
'''Janis Lynn Hape''' (March 10, 1958 – March 7, 2021), also known by her married name '''Janis Dowd''', was an American competition [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/51047|title=Olympedia – Janis Hape|website=www.olympedia.org}}</ref> Hape represented the United States as an 18-year-old at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] in Montreal, Quebec.<ref name=sroprofile>Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/janis-hape-1.html Janis Hape] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213194749/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/janis-hape-1.html |date=2012-12-13 }}. Retrieved October 27, 2012.</ref> She was born in [[Gary, Indiana]]. Hape died from [[heart failure]] in [[Charlotte, North Carolina]] on March 7, 2021 at the age of 62.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.swimmingworldmagazine.com/news/passages-1976-olympian-janis-hape-dowd-dies-after-battle-with-cancer/|title=Passages: 1976 Olympian Janis Hape Dowd Loses Battle With Cancer|date=March 9, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/amp/obituaries/charlotte/197970819|title=Janis Dowd Obituary - (1958 - 2021) - Charlotte, NC - Charlotte Observer|website=www.legacy.com}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Hape, Janis}} [[Category:1958 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:American swimmers]] [[Category:Olympians for the United States]] [[Category:Deaths from heart failure]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Gary, Indiana]] {{US-sports-bio-stub}}