Ann Govednik
Personal information | |
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Full name | Ann Barbara Govednik |
National team | United States |
Born | Chisholm, Minnesota | July 21, 1916
Died | August 6, 1985 Duluth, Minnesota | (aged 69)
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Breaststroke |
Ann Barbara Govednik (July 21, 1916 – August 6, 1985), also known by her married name Ann Van Steinburg, was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics. As a 16-year-old at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, she finished sixth in the finals of the women's 200-meter breaststroke. Four years later, in Berlin, Germany, Govednik was eliminated in the first round of the 200-meter breaststroke.
External links[]
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ann Govednik". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
Categories:
- 1916 births
- 1985 deaths
- American female breaststroke swimmers
- Olympic swimmers of the United States
- People from Chisholm, Minnesota
- Swimmers at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century American women
- 20th-century American people
- American swimming biography stubs