Albina Osipowich
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Full name | Albina Lucy Charlotte Osipowich | ||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||
Born | Worcester, Massachusetts | February 26, 1911||||||||||||||||
Died | June 6, 1964 | (aged 53)||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||
Club | Boys' Club Auxiliary | ||||||||||||||||
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Albina Lucy Charlotte Osipowich (February 26, 1911 – June 6, 1964), later known by her married name Albina Van Aken, was an American competition swimmer who won gold medals in the women's 100-meter freestyle and 4×100-meter freestyle relay at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, setting world records in both events.[1]
In 1933 Osipowich graduated from Pembroke College (Brown University) in Providence, Rhode Island, where she played field hockey and continued swimming as a hobby.[2] She later worked as a buyer for a department store and married basketball player Harrison Van Aken.[1] The Brown Athletic Hall of Fame includes Albina Osipowich Van Aken ’33, inducted in 1984.[3]
See also[]
- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- List of Brown University people
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- World record progression 100 metres freestyle
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
References[]
- ^ a b Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Albina Osipowich. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
- ^ "Women's History Month 2019: Albina Osipowich '33, Women's Swimming". Brown University Athletics. 2019-03-07. Archived from the original on 2020-02-03. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
- ^ "Albina Osipowich Van Aken (1984) - Hall of Fame". Brown University Athletics. Archived from the original on 2020-02-03. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
External links[]
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Albina Osipowich". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
- Albina Osipowich (USA) – Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame
Categories:
- 1911 births
- 1964 deaths
- American female freestyle swimmers
- American people of Lithuanian descent
- World record setters in swimming
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming
- Pembroke College in Brown University alumni
- Sportspeople from Worcester, Massachusetts
- Swimmers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century American women
- 20th-century American people
- American swimming Olympic medalist stubs