Margarete "Grete" Adler (13 February 1896 – 10 April 1990) was an Austrian freestyle swimmer, diver, and gymnastics teacher, who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics. She was Jewish,[1] and was born in Vienna.[2]
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| Born | February 13, 1896 Vienna, Austria-Hungary | |||||||||||
| Died | April 10, 1990 (aged 94) | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Adler won the bronze medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay event,[3][4] becoming the first Austrian woman to win an Olympic medal together with her teammates Klara Milch, Josephine Sticker and Berta Zahourek. She is the youngest ever female Austrian Summer Olympics medalist at the age of 16 years and 152 days.
She also participated in the 100 metre freestyle competition but was eliminated in the first round. Twelve years later she was eliminated in the first round of the 10 metre platform diving event.
Olympian
editAt only 16 she competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics in three events, beginning with the 100 metre freestyle competition, where she finished 4th out of 6 in her heat and failing to qualify, her heat was won by Fanny Durack who broke the Olympic record.
Next, on 15 July 1912, she lined up with her teammates against three other countries to compete in the 4 × 100 m freestyle. Although well beaten by Great Britain and Germany they held off Sweden and came away with the bronze medal.
Twelve years later she returned to the Olympic scene at the 1924 Summer Olympics to compete in the 10 metre platform diving event, she finished 4th in her pool and failed to qualify for the final and also ending her Olympic career.[5]
National Champion
edit- 100 meter freestyle (1915, 1921–24)
- 300 meter freestyle (1915–16, 1918, 1921)
- 400 meter freestyle (1922–24)
- Diving (1915)[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Taylor, Paul (2004). Jews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics : with a Complete Review of Jewish Olympic Medallists. Sussex Academic Press. ISBN 9781903900871.
- ^ "Margarete Adler". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ^ "Women's Olympic 400-Meter Freestyle Relay". The Washington Post. 8 February 1996. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ^ "Olympic Medal Winners". Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 16 September 2011.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Grete Adler". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
- ^ "Womens biographies". Retrieved 1 July 2013.