- Martha Norelius
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Olympic medal record Women's swimming Competitor for the 
United StatesGold 1924 Paris 400 m freestyle Gold 1928 Amsterdam 400 m freestyle Gold 1928 Amsterdam 4×100 m freestyle relay Martha Norelius (January 20, 1908 – September 23, 1955) was an American swimmer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and 1928 Summer Olympics.
In the 1924 Olympics she won a gold medal in the 400 m freestyle event.
Four years later in Amsterdam, she won gold medals in the 400 m freestyle event and 4×100 m freestyle relay event.
She was born in Stockholm, Sweden and died in St. Louis, Missouri, She was married to Canadian rower Joseph Wright, Jr.
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Olympic Champions in Women's 400 m Freestyle 1920 (300 m): Ethelda Bleibtrey • 1924: Martha Norelius • 1928: Martha Norelius • 1932: Helene Madison • 1936: Rie Mastenbroek • 1948: Ann Curtis • 1952: Valéria Gyenge • 1956: Lorraine Crapp • 1960: Chris von Saltza • 1964: Virginia Duenkel • 1968: Debbie Meyer • 1972: Shane Gould • 1976: Petra Thümer • 1980: Ines Diers • 1984: Tiffany Cohen • 1988: Janet Evans • 1992: Dagmar Hase • 1996: Michelle Smith • 2000: Brooke Bennett • 2004: Laure Manaudou • 2008: Rebecca Adlington
Categories:- 1908 births
- 1955 deaths
- American swimmers
- Female freestyle swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of the United States
- Swimmers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- American people of Swedish descent
- Swedish emigrants to the United States
- Former world record holders in swimming
- Olympic medalists in swimming
- American swimming Olympic medalist stubs
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