Irene Guest
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Full name | Irene May Guest | ||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||
Born | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | July 22, 1900||||||||||||||||
Died | June 14, 1970 Ocean Gate, New Jersey | (aged 69)||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) | ||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||
Club | Meadowbrook Club | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Irene May Guest (July 22, 1900 – June 14, 1970), also known by her married name Irene Loog, was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and world record-holder.[1] She represented the United States as a 19-year-old at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium, where she received a pair of medals.[2] Guest received her first medal in the women's 100-meter freestyle in which she finished second behind fellow American Ethelda Bleibtrey, earning a silver medal with a time of 1:17.0.[2][3] In the women's 4×100 metres freestyle relay, she won a gold medal with U.S. teammates Bleibtrey, Frances Schroth and Margaret Woodbridge in a new world-record time of 5:11.6.[2][4]
Guest was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "honor pioneer swimmer" in 1990.[5]
See also[]
- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
References[]
- ^ "Irene Guest". Olympedia. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
- ^ a b c Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Irene Guest Archived July 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games, Women's 100 metres Freestyle Final Archived November 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, United States Swimming at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games Archived November 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
- ^ "Irene Guest (USA)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Retrieved March 17, 2015.[dead link]
External links[]
- Irene Guest (USA) – Honor Pioneer Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame
- 1900 births
- 1970 deaths
- American female freestyle swimmers
- World record setters in swimming
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming
- Swimmers from Philadelphia
- Swimmers at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century American women
- 20th-century American people
- American swimming Olympic medalist stubs