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Sybil Bauer

1903 - 1927

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Sybil Lorina Bauer (September 18, 1903 – January 31, 1927) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. She represented the United States at the 1924 Summer Olympics, where she won the gold medal in the 100-meter backstroke in world record time. Bauer was born one of four siblings on September 18, 1903 in Chicago, Illinois, to Carl and Johanna Torgerson Bauer, the daughter of Norwegian immigrant parents. She learned to swim at Loon Lake where her parents had a summer home. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sybil Bauer is the 183rd most popular swimmer (up from 200th in 2019), the 11,276th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,004th in 2019) and the 79th most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Sybil Bauer ranks 183 out of 709. Before her are John Konrads, Amedee Reyburn, Anthony Nesty, Valerie Davies, John Hencken, and Marie Corridon. After her are Michael Gross, Inge de Bruijn, Bill Smith, Annie Speirs, Rica Reinisch, and Mina Wylie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Sybil Bauer ranks 345. Before her are George E. Stone, Mike Mansfield, Vera Stroyeva, Otto von Porat, Edgar Buchanan, and Luis Izzeta. After her are Marjorie Cox Crawford, Luther Adler, Ernst Klodwig, Roy Acuff, Josephine Hutchinson, and Ray Noble. Among people deceased in 1927, Sybil Bauer ranks 151. Before her are John Henry Davies, Luke Fildes, Pedro Nel Ospina Vázquez, Edward Henry Potthast, Charles Sprague Sargent, and Ira Remsen. After her are Leonard Wood, Harry Johnston, Juliette Gordon Low, and B. B. Comer.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sybil Bauer ranks 11,278 out of 20,380. Before her are Jerry Herman (1931), Marie Corridon (1930), Betty Garrett (1919), Black Francis (1965), Robert B. Sherman (1925), and Mary Costa (1930). After her are Bobby Ball (1925), John Seigenthaler (1927), Don Muraco (1949), Christine Korsgaard (1952), Carmelo Anthony (1984), and Kevin Nealon (1953).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Sybil Bauer ranks 79. Before her are Caeleb Dressel (1996), Shirley Stobs (1942), Raymond Thorne (1887), Amedee Reyburn (1889), John Hencken (1954), and Marie Corridon (1930). After her are Bill Smith (1924), Helen Wainwright (1906), Susan Pedersen (1953), Missy Franklin (1995), Allison Schmitt (1990), and Dana Vollmer (1987).

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