Margit Bratt
Margit Bratt (born c. 1900s) was a Swedish swimmer. She was a swimmer in the earliest era of women's competitive swimming in Sweden during the early 20th-century.
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| Born | c. 1900s Sweden | ||||||||||||
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| Sport | swimming | ||||||||||||
Medal record
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She was selected to represent Sweden at the 1922 Women's Olympiad, the earliest international women’s swimming championships. She won the gold medal in the 4 × 50 metre freestyle relay event together with Hjördis Töpel, Carin Nilsson and Aina Berg. With a time of 2:25 they were faster than the Netherlands (2:29) and the United Kingdom.[1][2][3] In the 200 metre breaststroke event she finished second in her heat behind British Doris Hart.[4]
References
- ↑ Zwemmen. Onze zwemsters in Monte Carlo. (in nl). De Tijd (24 April 1922). Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ↑ Hollandsche zwemsters te Monte Carlo. (in nl). Algemeen Handelsblad (26 April 1922). Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ↑ Velez, Anne. LES FILLES DE L’EAU. UNE HISTOIRE DES FEMMES ET DE LA NATATION EN FRANCE(1905-1939) (in fr). Université d’Angers (2010). Retrieved 10 November 2022.
- ↑ De vrouwelijke Olympiade te Monte-Carlo (in nl). De Standaard (24 April 1922). Retrieved 25 August 2024.