Irene Guest
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| Full name | Irene May Guest | |||||||||||||||
| National team |  United States |
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| Born | July 22, 1900 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Ocean Gate, New Jersey |
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| Height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) | |||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||
| Club | Meadowbrook Club | |||||||||||||||
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Irene May Guest (July 22, 1900 – June 14, 1970), also known by her married name Irene Loog, was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and world record-holder. She represented the United States as a 19-year-old at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium, where she received a pair of medals.[1] Guest received her first medal in the women's 100-meter freestyle in which she finished second behind fellow American Ethelda Bleibtrey, earning a silver medal with a time of 1:17.0.[1][2] In the women's 4×100 metres freestyle relay, she won a gold medal with U.S. teammates Bleibtrey, Frances Schroth and Margaret Woodbridge in a new world record time of 5:11.6.[1][3]
Guest was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "honor pioneer swimmer" in 1990.[4]
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Irene Guest. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games, Women's 100 metres Freestyle Final. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, United States Swimming at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
- ↑ International Swimming Hall of Fame, Honorees, Irene Guest (USA). Retrieved March 17, 2015.
External links
- Irene Guest (USA) – Honor Pioneer Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame
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