"Carolyn Virginia Green" is an American former competition swimming (sport)/swimmer and two-time Pan American Games gold medalist.

Green represented the United States as an 18-year-old at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki/Helsinki, Finland. She competed in the Swimming at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's 400 metre freestyle/women's 400-meter freestyle, advanced to the event final, and finished fourth in a time of 5:16.5.

Green also swam in two consecutive Pan American Games. At the 1951 Pan American Games in Buenos Aires/Buenos Aires, Argentina, she won a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the Swimming at the 1951 Pan American Games/women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay, together with American teammates Jackie LaVine, Betty Brey/Betty Mullen and Sharon Geary. Individually, she received a silver medal for her second-place performance in the Swimming at the 1951 Pan American Games/women's 400-meter freestyle. Four years later at the 1955 Pan American Games in Mexico City, she again won a gold medal in the Swimming at the 1955 Pan American Games/women's 4×100-meter freestyle, this time with teammates Judith Roberts (swimmer)/Judith Roberts, Wanda Werner and Gretchen Gluter. Once again, she also won a silver medal in the Swimming at the 1955 Pan American Games/women's 400-meter freestyle.

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