Margarete Adler
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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]
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. At the age of 16 years and 152 days, she was the youngest female Austrian Summer Olympian to win a medal.
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
At 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 failed 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. She failed to qualify for the final, ending her Olympic career.[5]
National Champion
- 100 meter freestyle (1915, 1921–24)
- 300 meter freestyle (1915–16, 1918, 1921)
- 400 meter freestyle (1922–24)
- Diving (1915)[6]
See also
References
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- 1896 births
- 1990 deaths
- Swimmers from Vienna
- Austrian female freestyle swimmers
- Austrian female divers
- Olympic swimmers for Austria
- Olympic divers for Austria
- Swimmers at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Austria
- Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
- Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century Austrian Jews
- 20th-century Austrian people
- Jewish swimmers