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Irene Guest

1900 - 1970

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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, 1920 Olympic champion in the 4x100 meter freestyle relay, and world record-holder. Early in her swimming career at 17 in April, 1918, while representing the local YMCA she took second place in the Middle Atlanta AAU 220-yard title swim, with a time of 3:14.6. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Irene Guest is the 84th most popular swimmer (down from 40th in 2019), the 7,238th most popular biography from United States (down from 6,520th in 2019) and the 36th most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Irene Guest ranks 84 out of 709. Before her are Georg Zacharias, Adelaide Lambert, John Devitt, Ethelda Bleibtrey, Murray Rose, and Tetsuo Okamoto. After her are Chris von Saltza, Norman Ross, Ian Thorpe, Greta Johansson, Lillian Watson, and Katherine Rawls.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1900, Irene Guest ranks 231. Before her are Clarence Pinkston, Itzik Feffer, Alice Neel, César Espinoza, Mikhail Lavrentyev, and Émile Mercier. After her are Jørgen-Frantz Jacobsen, Taylor Caldwell, Arthur Norris, Hyman G. Rickover, Nikolai Vladimirovich Nekrasov, and Bing Xin. Among people deceased in 1970, Irene Guest ranks 204. Before her are Alan Wilson, Paul Fritsch, Lee Barnes, Vince Lombardi, Pierre Mac Orlan, and Rube Goldberg. After her are István Kozma, Andrejs Upīts, Vano Muradeli, Fritz von Unruh, John O'Hara, and Leandro Faggin.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Irene Guest ranks 7,240 out of 20,380. Before her are Terry Melcher (1942), Gabrielle Carteris (1961), Christina Maslach (1946), Ernie Lively (1947), David L. Rabinowitz (1960), and Pam Dawber (1951). After her are John Myung (1967), Shannon Elizabeth (1973), Kristi Noem (1971), Lauren Vélez (1964), John Templeton (1912), and Edward Condon (1902).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Irene Guest ranks 36. Before her are Ford Konno (1933), Albina Osipowich (1911), Helen Johns (1914), Sandy Neilson (1956), Edgar Adams (1868), and Ethelda Bleibtrey (1902). After her are Chris von Saltza (1944), Norman Ross (1895), Lillian Watson (1950), Katherine Rawls (1917), Gary Hall Jr. (1974), and George Kojac (1910).

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