Margarete Adler

Olympic medal record
Competitor for  Austria
Women’s Swimming
Bronze	1912 Stockholm	4×100 m freestyle

Margarete "Grete" Adler (February 13, 1896-April 10, 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.

Adler won the bronze medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay event,^[2][3] becoming the first Austrian woman to win an Olympic medal together with her teammates Klara Milch, Josephine Sticker and Berta Zahourek. Also she is the youngest female Austrian Summer Olympics medalist ever 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.

See also

• List of select Jewish swimmers

References

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ "Women's Olympic 400-Meter Freestyle Relay". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/sports/olympics/longterm/swimming/w400rel.htm. Retrieved September 16, 2011. 
3. ^ "Olympic Medal Winners". Jewish Women's Archive. http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/olympic-medal-winners. Retrieved September 16, 2011. 

External links

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Name	Adler, Margarete
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Date of birth	1896
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Date of death	1990
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