Found inside – Page 282The Incredible Story of How Swimmer Gertrude Ederle Changed the Nation Tim Dahlberg, ... “Doris O'Mara Murphy, 1924 & 1928 Olympic Games Swimming,” Amateur ... Found inside – Page 145In 1983, Johnny Weissmuler was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame and for good reason. He set records in swimming at the 1924 Olympics in Paris and ... Found inside – Page 2062Lifeguard and former Venice High swimmer. He had accomplished something no ... In 1924 his Olympic swimming medal was gold. He is rated as the greatest ... Found inside – Page 881924 Olympics , she won a gold medal with her relay team . But none of these achievements would hold media interest like the Channel swim . She returned to this country to a heroine ' s welcome complete with a New York City ticker tape ... Found inside – Page 200“Kirby and Hurlbert Make Olympic Plea,” New York Times, May 20, 1924, 18. “U.S. Swimming Teams Named for Olympics,” New York Times, June 9, 1924, 20. Found inside – Page 17His men and women swimmers captured 12 gold medals in Paris in 1924 and 10 gold medals at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics . He was most famous as the mentor of ... Found inside – Page 119An extensive swimming program could be pursued by Jewish girls with ... as the WSA club manager and 1920 and 1924 Olympic women's swimming team manager ... Found inside – Page 181The third of six children , she learned to swim at the age of nine on the New Jersey shore at Highlands , where her ... and won three medals at the 1924 Paris Olympics : bronze medals in the 100 - and 400 - yard freestyle and a gold for the 4 x ... Found inside – Page 148Johnny Weissmuller , the gold medalist swimmer in the 1924 and 1928 Olympics , turned his talents to playing the inarticulate Tarzan and Jungle Jim in the movies . Buster Crabbe , a 1932 Olympic swimming champion , also played Tarzan ... Found inside – Page 217NORELIUS , MARTHA ( 1909 – 1955 ) , Olympic gold medalist swimmer , was born in ... as a substitute for the 1924 Olympics when she was only fifteen . Found inside – Page 59In the 1924 Olympics, da came in sixth in the hop, step and :mp. ... Eight years after that, larger delegation, 11 track and field en (and two swimmers), had jour- yed to Antwerp for the Games and d failed to place or come close to icing. Hence ... Found inside – Page 23I just had to swim stroke by stroke to get to the other side. ... 1924 Olympics and won a gold medal in the 4x100 meter relay and two bronze medals in the ... Found inside – Page 12College Swimming The first college men's swim meet was held at the U.S. Naval Academy in ... 1924: Paris Olympics have 6 men's events and 5 women's events. Found insideLes Jeux de La 75 VIIIE Olympiade Paris 1924: Rapport Official Titre III pp. 475–477. Frank Litsky 'Aileen Riggin Soule, Olympic Diver and Swimmer, ... Found inside – Page 9The 1920 and 1924 Olympics also brought Beaurepaire silver medals in the 800 freestyle relay. Following his swimming career, Beaurepaire was knighted and ... Found inside – Page 4261924 Summer Olympics, Paris, France Duke Kahanamoku (Native Hawaiian) won the silver medal for the 100-meter freestyle, men's swimming. Found inside – Page 10In freestyle swimming in 1960 women were lagging between 26 and 38 years behind men in performance levels with an ... Below are a sample of scores in various events : 1924 1948 1972 Olympics 400m freestyle men 16 % faster Olympics ... Found inside – Page 86One of Eppie's WSA club members, Aileen Riggin, the 1920 gold medal Olympic Fancy Diving Champion and 1924 Olympic medalist in diving and swimming, ... Found inside – Page 144There were, in fact, only four events open to women at the 1924 Olympics—swimming, diving, tennis, and fencing (Guttmann 1991, 164); there were no track and ... Found inside – Page 116He possessed five Olympic gold medals , and as a professional he won every freestyle race he participated in . At 6'3 ... his athletic feats into an acting career , portraying for many years Tarzan in the movies and swimming across set lagoons rather than swimming pools . ... Nurmi won four gold medals in the 1924 Olympics . Found inside – Page 63Describes her achievements , including winning three medals in the 1924 Olympics and becoming the first woman to swim the English Channel in 1926. PRINT / BRAILLE . For grades K - 3 . 2000 . Chess : From First Moves to Checkmate BR ... Found insideproducing perhaps the greatest swimmer in history, Johnny Weissmuller, who won five gold medals at the 1924 and 1928 Olympics. (He later played Tarzan in ... Found inside – Page 183The U.S. Olympic Committee named Ederle and 23 other women to the 1924 Olympic swim and dive teams. The Paris games marked only the second time the USOC ... Found inside – Page 57SPEED ON IN YOUR SPEEDOS Olympic swimming events are especially significant for a ... The 1912, 1920, 1924, 1928 and 1932 Olympics profiled some early great ... Found inside – Page 243After learning to swim at age 15, Sybil Bauer became the first woman athlete to beat a ... Female U.S. swimmers again found success at the 1924 Olympics, ... Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Found inside – Page 309further the interest of all women desiring to learn how to swim and those of the ... acclaim as the 1920 and 1924 Olympic women's swimming team manager. Found inside – Page 27As the 1924 Olympics in Paris neared, questions surrounding Weissmuller's American citizenship began to surface, and with good reason. Found inside – Page 13He created his own version for the 1924 Olympics. His innovation allowed him to become the first person to swim the 100-meter freestyle in less than 60 ... Set against the backdrop of the roaring 1920s, Young Woman and the Sea is the dramatic and inspiring story of Ederle’s pursuit of a goal no one believed possible, and the price she paid. Filled with facts, trivia, photographs, and statistics, an updated reference furnishes concise portraits of more than 150 important Jewish athletes, including Sandy Koufax, Kerry Strug, Daniel Mendoza, Esther Roth, and many others. Found inside – Page 68Swimming. Trailblazers. Gertrude Erdele: Gertrude Erdele was one of the most famous athletes of the early 20th Century. After medaling at the 1924 Olympics, ... Found inside – Page 107... one of 135 women invited to the tryouts for the 1924 Olympic swimming team. ... Olympics in Belgium, where swimming events were held in a murky canal. Found inside – Page xlvithe 1924 Olympics at the 20th IOC session in Lausanne on 2 June 1921, ... In swimming, Johnny Weissmuller (USA) made his first Olympic appearance and showed ... Found inside – Page 451924 Star Finn Winning five gold medals, the Finnish athlete Paavo Nurmi became the undisputed star of the Summer ... Another innovation was to be found at the newly built, 10,000-seat swimming arena atTourelles; competitors' lanes were ... Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Found inside – Page 175Olympic games : Hungarian silver medals Year Games Sport Number of medals 1896 1900 1904 1908 Athens Paris St. Louis London 1912 Stockholm 1924 Paris 1928 Amsterdam athletics swimming swimming athletics swimming fencing ... Found inside – Page 479... for the 1924 Olympics . The Australian team was A. Charlton , E. Henry , F. Beaurepaire , M. Christie , I. Stedman and R. Eve ( a diver ) . A special pool had been constructed at Tourelles Gardens and competitors for the first time were to swim ... Found inside – Page 270Agence France-Presse, “Olympic Swimming: France Engineers Epic Upset over ... “U.S. Girl Swimmers Gain Olympic Final,” New York Times, July 15, 1924, 20. Found insideIn Swim Speed Secrets, 4-time Olympian, gold medalist, and triathlon world champion Sheila Taormina reveals the swim technique used by the world’s fastest swimmers. Found inside – Page vi... 1924 ICE HOCKEY Harry Watson Went beyond the " Hat Trick " 1924 TRACK AND FIELD Paavo Nurmi - Willie Ritola Rivalry Helped the Finns 1924 TRACK AND FIELD Bob Le Gendre Was a Jump Ahead of the Olympics 1924 SWIMMING ... Found inside – Page 67... Olympics, subsequently coached successful Olympic swimmers for 22 years and was manager of the US women's Olympic swim teams in 1920, 1924 and 1932. Found inside – Page 6He never lost a swimming competition after that. ... As the 1924 Olympics in Paris neared, questions surrounding Weissmuller's American citizenship began to ... Found inside – Page 100At the 1924 Olympic Games, the British scored well in every flat race of 100 meters through the marathon, managed very little in the field events, did well in men's and women's swimming-diving, boxed their way to several gold and silver ... Found inside – Page 68Belgium began competing at the Olympic Winter Games in 1924 and also competed ... six women), fencing (113 men, 12 women), and swimming (64 men, 49 women). Found inside – Page 204Weissmuller was a U.S. outdoor champion in individual freestyle swimming at 200 ... When it came time for the 1924 Summer Olympics, Weissmuller put down ... Was a U.S. outdoor champion in individual freestyle swimming at 200 freestyle swimming at 200 a. Won every freestyle race he participated in was a U.S. outdoor champion in individual freestyle swimming at 200 Named Olympics... 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