Carole Ormaca

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameCarole Anne•Ormaca (-Butler)
Used nameCarole•Ormaca
Born2 June 1936 in Fresno, California (USA)
Died1 May 2025 (aged 88 years 10 months 29 days) in Fresno, California (USA)
AffiliationsSt. Moritz ISC, Oakland (USA)
NOC United States

Biography

Carole Ormaca skated pairs with Robin Greiner. They began skating in Fresno, and in their first year together, 1952, won the California State Championship and the Pacific Coast Championships. In 1953 they won their first of four consecutive US Pairs titles. Together they finished fourth at the World Championships in 1954, 1955, and 1956.

Ormaca attended Fresno State College. In 1986 she became somewhat famous when she caught a tarpon off the coast of Key West, setting a women’s line class world record. She and her husband, Tom Butler, founded and ran Butler Investment Group and Butler Construction Company. Ormaca was inducted into the Fresno Athletic Hall of Fame in 1966.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1956 Winter Olympics Figure Skating (Skating) USA Carole Ormaca
Pairs, Mixed (Olympic) Robin Greiner 5