Euphrasia Donnelly
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| Full name | Euphrasia Louise Donnelly | ||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | "Fraze" | ||||||||||||
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 United States | ||||||||||||
| Born |
June 6, 1905 Indianapolis, Indiana | ||||||||||||
| Died |
May 20, 1963 (aged 57) Warsaw, Indiana | ||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) | ||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||
| Club | Hoosier Athletic Club | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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Euphrasia Louise Donnelly (June 6, 1905 – May 20, 1963) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. Donnelly represented the United States at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, where she won a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay event.[1] Donnelly and her American relay teammates Gertrude Ederle, Ethel Lackie and Mariechen Wehselau set a new world record in the event final of 4:48.8.[1][2]
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
References
- 1 2 Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Fraze Donnelly. Retrieved November 22, 2012.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, United States Swimming at the 1924 Paris Summer Games. Retrieved November 22, 2012.
External links
- Euphrasia Donnelly – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com
- Euphrasia Donnelly – Olympic Games results at databaseOlympics.com
- Euphrasia Donnelly – profile at The Blackburn Family Association
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