Albina Lucy Charlotte Osipowich (February 26, 1911 – June 6, 1964), later known by her married name Albina Van Aken, was an American competition swimmer who won gold medals in the women's 100-meter freestyle and 4×100-meter freestyle relay at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, setting world records in both events.[1]
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Full name | Albina Lucy Charlotte Osipowich | |||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Worcester, Massachusetts | February 26, 1911|||||||||||||||||
Died | June 6, 1964 | (aged 53)|||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Boys' Club Auxiliary | |||||||||||||||||
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In 1933 Osipowich graduated from Pembroke College (Brown University) in Providence, Rhode Island, where she played field hockey and continued swimming as a hobby.[2] She later worked as a buyer for a department store and married basketball player Harrison Van Aken.[1] The Brown Athletic Hall of Fame includes Albina Osipowich Van Aken ’33, inducted in 1984.[3]