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Ethelda Bleibtrey

1902 - 1978

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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 for the Women's Swimming Association, a three-time world record breaking 1920 Olympic gold medalist, and a former world record-holder in multiple events. She was first woman to win three Olympic gold medals. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ethelda Bleibtrey is the 81st most popular swimmer (down from 29th in 2019), the 7,206th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,084th in 2019) and the 35th most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Ethelda Bleibtrey ranks 81 out of 709. Before her are Sandy Neilson, Edgar Adams, Tini Wagner, Georg Zacharias, Adelaide Lambert, and John Devitt. After her are Murray Rose, Tetsuo Okamoto, Irene Guest, Chris von Saltza, Norman Ross, and Ian Thorpe.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1902, Ethelda Bleibtrey ranks 237. Before her are Rudolf Viertl, Manuel Seoane, Martin Frič, Giorgio Pessina, André Tassin, and Luo Ronghuan. After her are Jesús Bermúdez, Edward Condon, Nils Rosén, Princess Sophie of Luxembourg, Johan Borgen, and Myrtle Cook. Among people deceased in 1978, Ethelda Bleibtrey ranks 184. Before her are O. E. Hasse, Jiří Skobla, Ralph Metcalfe, Alexander Belov, Carlos Torre Repetto, and Philip Ahn. After her are Giuseppe Impastato, Victor Hasselblad, Baltasar Albéniz, Pedro Bergés, Ahmad al-Ghashmi, and Greta Johansson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Ethelda Bleibtrey ranks 7,208 out of 20,380. Before her are Harley Race (1943), Nolan Ryan (1947), Malcom McLean (1913), Miles Teller (1987), Melville Shavelson (1917), and Charles Sibley (1917). After her are Helen Murray Free (1923), Larry Brown (1940), Bitsie Tulloch (1981), Randy Johnson (1963), William Roth (1921), and Hoagy Carmichael (1899).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Ethelda Bleibtrey ranks 35. Before her are Cathy Carr (1954), Ford Konno (1933), Albina Osipowich (1911), Helen Johns (1914), Sandy Neilson (1956), and Edgar Adams (1868). After her are Irene Guest (1900), Chris von Saltza (1944), Norman Ross (1895), Lillian Watson (1950), Katherine Rawls (1917), and Gary Hall Jr. (1974).

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