Madison (left) with Johnny Weissmuller at 1932 Olympics
Personal information
Full name
Helene Emma Madison
National team
United States
Born
(1913-06-19)June 19, 1913 Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.
Died
November 27, 1970(1970-11-27) (aged 57) Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Sport
Sport
Swimming
Strokes
Freestyle
Club
Washington Athletic Club
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing the United States
Women's swimming
1932 Los Angeles
100 m freestyle
1932 Los Angeles
400 m freestyle
1932 Los Angeles
4×100 m freestyle
Helene Emma Madison (June 19, 1913 – November 27, 1970) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.[1]
Madison won three gold medals in freestyle event at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, becoming, along with Romeo Neri of Italy, the most successful athlete at the 1932 Olympics: women's 100-meter freestyle, 400-meter freestyle, and 4×100-meter freestyle relay.[2]
In sixteen months in 1930 and 1931, she broke sixteen world records in various distances. Following the 1932 Olympics she appeared in the films The Human Fish and The Warrior's Husband and hence, as a professional, was not allowed to participate in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. After her swimming career, she had odd jobs as a swimming instructor, department store clerk and a nurse.
^Stein, Alan (2014-02-17). "Freestyle swimmer Helene Madison wins first of three gold medals at the 1932 Summer Olympics on August 8, 1932". HistoryLink.org. Archived from the original on 2020-02-03. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
^Helene Madison Archived 2012-10-21 at the Wayback Machine. Sports-Reference.com
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race again to decide a winner. On July 9, 1933 in Antwerp, she broke HeleneMadison's two-year-old world record on the 100 m freestyle, setting it at 1:06...
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