Albert Schwartz
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Nickname(s) | "Al" | |||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||
Born | Chicago, Illinois | December 21, 1907|||||||||||||
Died | December 7, 1986 Los Angeles, California | (aged 77)|||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||
Club | Illinois Athletic Club | |||||||||||||
College team | Northwestern University | |||||||||||||
Medal record
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Albert L. Schwartz (December 21, 1907 – December 7, 1986) was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California. Schwartz received a bronze medal for his performance in the men's 100-meter freestyle, finishing third in a time of 58.8 seconds in the event final. Schwartz was a star swimmer in high school, competing for Marshall High in Chicago, and then starred for Northwestern University.
See also[]
- List of Northwestern University alumni
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men)
- List of select Jewish swimmers
External links[]
- Albert Schwartz – Athlete profile at International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Albert Schwartz". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
Categories:
- 1907 births
- 1986 deaths
- American male freestyle swimmers
- Jewish American sportspeople
- Jewish swimmers
- Northwestern Wildcats men's swimmers
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in swimming
- Swimmers from Chicago
- Swimmers at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century American Jews
- American swimming Olympic medalist stubs