heather simmonscarrasco born may 25 1970 is an american competitor in synchronized swimming and olympic championshe competed for the american team that received a gold medal in synchronized swimming at the 1996 summer olympics in atlantabirthdate may 25 1970 birthplace mountain view calif hometown santa clara califheight 52weight 108 education west valley college major concentration athletic training hobbiesspecial interests soccer inline skating biking weightliftingclub affiliations santa clara 1978present years on national team 9years in synchronized swimming 17 personal daughter of conrad barbara simmons married victor carrasco in september 1995 two sisters cindy osullivan 31 and kathy fatig 30 father designs makes all her competitive suits active participant in political campaigns has volunteered at a hospital while training in indianapolis participated in soccer and speed swimming enjoys the exposure to new people and culture that travel brings practices 57 hoursday 6 daysweek honors 1994 esther williams creative achievement award 199589 usss allamerican city of santa clara award career highlights 1995 nationsbank world cup team champion jantzen national team champion solo duet silver medalist pan american games team champion 1994 world team champion french open team champion jantzen nationals team champion solo duet silver medalist 1993 world cup team champion pan pacific solo bronze medalist us national solo and duet silver medalist team champion 1992 swiss open team champion loano cup solo silver medalist us olympic trials duet silver medalist and solo bronze medalist us national solo and duet bronze medalist 1991 v fina cup team champion pan pacific team champion mallorca open solo and team champion us national solo bronze medalist team silver medalist vi world aquatics team champion 1990 moscow invitational duet champion solo bronze medalist 1989 iv fina world cup team championcoachinghelps with keuka allstar camp in new york at keuka college in a session for synchronized swimming allstarsthe olympic gold medal 1996 us olympic synchronized swimming team consisted of suzannah bianco tammy cleland becky dyroenlancer heather pease jill savery nathalie schneyder heather simmonscarrasco jill suddeth emily lesueur and margot thien the us finished with a score of 99720 points and received nine perfect 10s from the judges for their fiveminute performance it was the firstever synchronized swim team event