Albina Osipowich
![]() Osipowich in 1928 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Albina Lucy Charlotte Osipowich | |||||||||||||||||
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Born | Worcester, Massachusetts, U.S. | 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
[edit]- 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
[edit]- ^ 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
[edit]- 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
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