- Marie Braun
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Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for Netherlands Olympic Games Gold 1928 Amsterdam 100 m backstroke Silver 1928 Amsterdam 400 m freestyle European Championships Gold 1927 Bologna 400 m freestyle Gold 1931 Paris 400 m freestyle Gold 1931 Paris 100 m backstroke Gold 1931 Paris 4×100 m freestyle Silver 1927 Bologna 100 m backstroke Silver 1927 Bologna 4×100 m freestyle Maria ("Marie") Johanna Philipsen-Braun (22 June 1911 in Rotterdam – 23 June 1982 in Gouda) was a Dutch swimmer. She won the gold medal in the women's 100 meter backstroke at the 1928 Summer Olympics.
Her mother, Ma Braun (1881 – 1956), was coach for the highly successful Dutch women's swimming team at the Olympics in 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948 and 1952.[1]
In 1980, she became a member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
References
Olympic Champions in Women's 100 m Backstroke 1924: Sybil Bauer • 1928: Marie Braun • 1932: Eleanor Holm • 1936: Nida Senff • 1948: Karen Harup • 1952: Joan Harrison • 1956: Judy Grinham • 1960: Lynn Burke • 1964: Cathy Ferguson • 1968: Kaye Hall • 1972: Melissa Belote • 1976: Ulrike Richter • 1980: Rica Reinisch • 1984: Theresa Andrews • 1988: Kristin Otto • 1992: Krisztina Egerszegi • 1996: Beth Botsford • 2000: Diana Mocanu • 2004: Natalie Coughlin • 2008: Natalie Coughlin
European Champions in Women's 400 m Freestyle 1927: Maria Braun (NED) • 1931: Maria Braun (NED) • 1934: Rie Mastenbroek (NED) • 1938: Ragnhild Hveger (DEN) • 1947: Karen Harup (DEN) • 1950: Greta Andersen (DEN) • 1954: Ágota Sebő (HUN) • 1958: Jans Koster (NED) • 1962: Adrie Lasterie (NED) • 1966: Claude Mandonnaud (FRA) • 1970: Elke Sehmisch (GDR) • 1972: Angela Franke (GDR) • 1977: Petra Thümer (GDR) • 1981: Ines Diers (GDR) • 1983: Astrid Strauss (GDR) • 1985: Astrid Strauss (GDR) • 1987: Heike Friedrich (GDR) • 1989: Anke Möhring (GDR) • 1991: Irene Dalby (NOR) • 1993: Dagmar Hase (GER) • 1995: Franziska van Almsick (GER) • 1997: Dagmar Hase (GER) • 1999: Camelia Potec (ROM) • 2000: Yana Klochkova (UKR) • 2002: Yana Klochkova (UKR) • 2004: Laure Manaudou (FRA) • 2006: Laure Manaudou (FRA) • 2008: Federica Pellegrini (ITA) • 2010: Rebecca Adlington (GBR)
European Champions in Women's 100 m Backstroke 1927: Wilhelmine den Turk (NED) • 1931: Marie Braun (NED) • 1934: Rie Mastenbroek (NED) • 1938: Cor Kint (NED) • 1947: Karen Harup (DEN) • 1950: Hendrika van der Horst (NED) • 1954: Geertje Wielema {NED) • 1958: Judy Grinham (GBR) • 1962: Rita van Velsen (NED) • 1966: Christine Caron (FRA) • 1970: Tinatin Lekveishvili (URS) • 1974: Ulrike Richter (GDR) • 1977: Birgit Treiber (GDR) • 1981: Ina Kleber (GDR) • 1983: Ina Kleber (GDR) • 1985: Birte Weigang (GDR) • 1987: Kristin Otto (GDR) • 1989: Kristin Otto (GDR) • 1991: Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) • 1993: Krisztina Egerszegi (HUN) • 1995: Mette Jacobsen (DEN) • 1997: Antje Buschschulte (GER) • 1999: Sandra Völker (GER) • 2000: Nina Zhivanevskaya (ESP) • 2002: Stanislava Komarova (RUS) • 2004: Laure Manaudou (FRA) • 2006: Laure Manaudou (FRA) • 2008: Anastasia Zuyeva (RUS) • 2010: Gemma Spofforth (GBR)
European Champions in Women's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay 1927: Great Britain (Laverty, Davies, King, Cooper) • 1931: Netherlands (Bouwmeester, Vierdag, Den Ouden, Braun) • 1934: Netherlands (Selbach, Timmermans, Mastenbroek, Den Ouden) • 1938: Denmark (Riise, Kraft, Ove-Petersen, Hveger) • 1947: Denmark (Svendsen, Harup, Andersen, Nathansen) • 1950: Netherlands (Masser, Termeulen, Linssen-Vaessen, Schuhmacher) • 1954: Hungary (Gyenge, Sebő, Temes, Szőke) • 1958: Netherlands (Schimmel, Lagerberg, Kraan, Gastelaars) • 1962: Netherlands (Gastelaars, Lasterie, Terpstra, Tigelaar) • 1966: Soviet Union (Sipchenko, Rudenko, Ustinova, Sosnova) • 1970: East Germany (Wetzko, Komar, Sehmisch, Schulze) • 1974: East Germany (Ender, Franke, Eife, Hübner) • 1977: East Germany (Treiber, Wächtler, Priemer, Krause) • 1981: East Germany (Meineke, Metschuck, Diers, Link) • 1983: East Germany (Otto, Link, Sirch, Meineke) • 1985: East Germany (Strauss, König, Stellmach, Friedrich) • 1987: East Germany (Stellmach, Friedrich, Otto, Meißner) • 1989: East Germany (Meißner, Stellmach, Hunger, Friedrich) • 1991: Netherlands (Van der Plaats, De Bruijn, Mastenbroek, Brienesse) • 1993: Germany (Van Almsick, Kielgass, Stellmach, Hunger) • 1995: Germany (Van Almsick, Osygus, Kielgass, Hunger) • 1997: Germany (Meißner, Osygus, Buschschulte, Völker) • 1999: Germany (Meißner, Buschschulte, Van Almsick, Völker) • 2000: Sweden (Jöhncke, Sjöberg, Kammerling, Alshammar) • 2002: Germany (Meißner, Dallmann, Völker, Van Almsick) • 2004: France (Figuès, Couderc, Mongel, Metella) • 2006: Germany (Dallmann, Götz, Steffen, Liebs) • 2008: Netherlands (Dekker, Kromowidjojo, Heemskerk, Veldhuis) • 2010: Germany (Samulski, Lippok, Vitting, Schreiber)
Categories:- Dutch swimmers
- Olympic gold medalists for the Netherlands
- Olympic silver medalists for the Netherlands
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- Swimmers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- 1911 births
- 1982 deaths
- People from Rotterdam
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- Female freestyle swimmers
- Female backstroke swimmers
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