Summary
Irene May Guest (July 22, 1900 – June 14, 1970), also known by her married name Irene Loog, was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and world record-holder.[1] She represented the United States as a 19-year-old at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium, where she received a pair of medals.[2] Guest received her first medal in the women's 100-meter freestyle in which she finished second behind fellow American Ethelda Bleibtrey, earning a silver medal with a time of 1:17.0.[2][3] In the women's 4×100 metres freestyle relay, she won a gold medal with U.S. teammates Bleibtrey, Frances Schroth and Margaret Woodbridge in a new world-record time of 5:11.6.[2][4]
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| Full name | Irene May Guest | |||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 22, 1900 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | June 14, 1970 (aged 69) Ocean Gate, New Jersey, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Meadowbrook Club | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Guest was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "honor pioneer swimmer" in 1990.[5]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Irene Guest". Olympedia. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
- ^ a b c Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Irene Guest Archived July 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games, Women's 100 metres Freestyle Final Archived November 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, United States Swimming at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games Archived November 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
- ^ "Irene Guest (USA)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2015.
External links edit
- Irene Guest (USA) – 1990 Honor Pioneer Swimmer – International Swimming Hall of Fame at the Wayback Machine (archived April 2, 2015)