Ethelda Bleibtrey
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Bleibtrey at 1920 Olympics
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| Full name | Ethelda Marguerite Bleibtrey | ||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  United States |
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| Born | February 27, 1902 Waterford, New York |
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| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. West Palm Beach, Florida |
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Women's Swimming Association | ||||||||||||||||||
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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.[1] 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.[1][2] The American relay team set a new world record of 5:11.6 in the event final.[1] 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).[3][4]
She was born in Waterford, New York.[1] 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.[5]
Bleibtrey was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1967.[6] She died in West Palm Beach, Florida in 1978.[1]
See also
- 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
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- 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.
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- Ethelda Bleibtrey – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
- Ethelda Bleibtrey (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame
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| Preceded by | Women's 100-meter freestyle world record-holder (long course) August 23, 1920 – June 30, 1923 |
Succeeded by Gertrude Ederle |
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 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.
- ↑ "Ethelda Bleibtrey," Encyclopædia Britannica (2012). Retrieved November 30, 2012.
- ↑ International Swimming Hall of Fame, Honorees, Ethelda Bleibtrey (USA). Retrieved November 30, 2012.
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- 1902 births
- 1978 deaths
- American female freestyle swimmers
- Former world record holders in swimming
- International Swimming Hall of Fame inductees
- Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- Olympic swimmers of the United States
- People from Waterford, New York
- Swimmers at the 1920 Summer Olympics
