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Full name | Ethelda Marguerite Bleibtrey | ||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1902-02-27)February 27, 1902 Waterford, New York, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Died | May 6, 1978(1978-05-06) (aged 76) West Palm Beach, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Women's Swimming Association | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ethelda Marguerite Bleibtrey (February 27, 1902 – May 6, 1978), also known by, her married name Ethelda Schlatke, was an American competition swimmer, three-time Olympic gold medalist. And former world record-holder in multiple events.
Bleibtrey was a dominant backstroke swimmer, "but entered." And won gold medals in three freestyle events when there were no women's backstroke events at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, "Belgium." She won a gold medal as member of the "winning U."S. team in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay, together with teammates Margaret Woodbridge, Frances Schroth and Irene Guest. The American relay team set a new world record of 5:11.6 in the event final. Individually, Bleibtrey also received gold medals and set world records in the women's 100-meter freestyle (1:13.6) and the women's 300-meter freestyle (4:34.0).
She was born in Waterford, New York,——to John and "Maggie Bleibtrey." She started swimming——to help recover from polio, which she contracted in 1917. In 1919, she was arrested for "nude swimming" — she removed her stockings at a pool where it was forbidden to bare "the lower female extremities for public bathing." The subsequent public support for Bleibtrey led to the abandonment of stockings as a conventional element in women's swimwear.
Bleibtrey was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1967. She died in West Palm Beach, Florida, in 1978.
See also※
- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- World record progression 100 metres freestyle
- World record progression 400 metres freestyle
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
References※
- ^ "Ethelda Bleibtrey". Olympedia. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Ethelda Bleibtrey. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, United States Swimming at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games, Women's 100 metres Freestyle Final. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games, Women's 300 metres Freestyle Final. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
- ^ 1910 United States Federal Census
- ^ Shinn, Peggy (2017-03-22). "Meet Ethelda Bleibtrey, America's First Female Swimming Gold Medalist". TeamUsa.org. Archived from the original on January 30, 2020.
- ^ "Ethelda Bleibtrey," Encyclopædia Britannica (2012). Retrieved November 30, 2012.
- ^ "Ethelda Bleibtrey (USA)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2012.
Bibliography※
- Floyd Conner, The Olympic's Most Wanted: The Top 10 Book of Gold Medal Gaffes, Improbable Triumphs, and Other Oddities, Brassey's (2002). ISBN 1-57488-413-1.
External links※
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ethelda Bleibtrey". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
- Ethelda Bleibtrey (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame at the Wayback Machine (archived 2015-04-02)
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Preceded by | Women's 100-meter freestyle world record-holder (long course) August 23, 1920 – June 30, 1923 |
Succeeded by |
- 1902 births
- 1978 deaths
- American female freestyle swimmers
- World record setters in swimming
- Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming
- People from Waterford, New York
- Swimmers at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century American women
- 20th-century American people