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'''Alfred Guth''' (27 July 1908 &ndash; 13 November 1996) was an Austrian water polo player, swimmer, and [[modern pentathlon|modern pentathlete]]. At the [[1932 Maccabiah Games]] in [[Mandatory Palestine]], in swimming he won a gold medal and two silver medals. He competed at the [[1936 Summer Olympics]], coming in 33rd in modern pentathlon. After emigrating to the United States, he competed in [[Masters swimming]] and established 41 [[U.S. Masters Swimming]] age-group records.
'''Alfred Guth''' (27 July 1908 &ndash; 13 November 1996) was an Austrian water polo player, swimmer, and [[modern pentathlon|modern pentathlete]]. At the [[1932 Maccabiah Games]] in [[Mandatory Palestine]], in swimming he won a gold medal and two silver medals. He competed at the [[1936 Summer Olympics]], coming in 33rd in modern pentathlon. A [[Holocaust survivor]], he emigrated to the United States after WWII, competed in [[Masters swimming]], and established 41 [[U.S. Masters Swimming]] age-group records.


==Biography==
==Biography==
===Austria===
In 1924 and 1925, swimming for Hakoah Vienna, Guth won the Quer Durch Wien (“Across Vienna”) 7.5 km race in the [[Danube]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kipdf.com/a-film-of-inspiration-and-passion_5ad362417f8b9a230e8b45a9.html|title=A Film of Inspiration and Passion|website=kipdf.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://centraleuropeaneconomicandsocialhistory.com/danube-football-viennas-identification-with-football-and-the-danube-maidens-viennas-female-swimming-champions-until-1938|title=“DANUBE FOOTBALL” – VIENNA’S IDENTIFICATION WITH FOOTBALL – AND THE “DANUBE MAIDENS” – VIENNA’S FEMALE SWIMMING CHAMPIONS (until 1938) – Central European Economic and Social History}}</ref>
In 1924 and 1925, swimming for the Jewish sports club [[Hakoah Vienna]], Guth won the ''Quer Durch Wien'' (“Across Vienna”) 7.5 km race in the [[Danube]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kipdf.com/a-film-of-inspiration-and-passion_5ad362417f8b9a230e8b45a9.html|title=A Film of Inspiration and Passion|website=kipdf.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://centraleuropeaneconomicandsocialhistory.com/danube-football-viennas-identification-with-football-and-the-danube-maidens-viennas-female-swimming-champions-until-1938|title="DANUBE FOOTBALL" – VIENNA'S IDENTIFICATION WITH FOOTBALL – AND THE "DANUBE MAIDENS" – VIENNA'S FEMALE SWIMMING CHAMPIONS (until 1938) – Central European Economic and Social History}}</ref>


Guth competed for Austria at the 1927 [[European Water Polo Championship|Men's Water Polo European Championship]] in [[Bologna, Italy]], in which the team came in 6th.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Europe/Men_1927.html|title=Men Water Polo European Championship 1927 Bologna (ITA) - 31.08-05.09 Winner Hungary|website=www.todor66.com}}</ref>
Guth competed for Austria at the 1927 [[European Water Polo Championship|Men's Water Polo European Championship]] in [[Bologna, Italy]], in which the team came in 6th.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.todor66.com/Water_Polo/Europe/Men_1927.html|title=Men Water Polo European Championship 1927 Bologna (ITA) - 31.08-05.09 Winner Hungary|website=www.todor66.com}}</ref>
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Guth competed in swimming at the [[1932 Maccabiah Games]] in [[Mandatory Palestine]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://sport-record.de/organizations/maccabiah.html|title=Maccabiah Games before World War II|website=sport-record.de}}</ref> He won a gold medal in the 1,500m freestyle, a silver medal in the 400m freestyle, and a silver medal as part of Team Austria in the 4x200m freestyle.<ref name="auto"/>
Guth competed in swimming at the [[1932 Maccabiah Games]] in [[Mandatory Palestine]].<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://sport-record.de/organizations/maccabiah.html|title=Maccabiah Games before World War II|website=sport-record.de}}</ref> He won a gold medal in the 1,500m freestyle, a silver medal in the 400m freestyle, and a silver medal as part of Team Austria in the 4x200m freestyle.<ref name="auto"/>


He competed at the [[1936 Summer Olympics]], coming in 33rd in [[modern pentathlon]].<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gu/alfred-guth-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418002523/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gu/alfred-guth-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Alfred Guth |access-date=1 July 2012}}</ref><ref>[https://olympics.com/en/athletes/alfred-guth]</ref> He placed highest in swimming, where he came in 5th, ahead of all three medalists.<ref>[https://www.sport-olympic.gr/sp/index.php/olympic-games/modern-olympic-games/summer-olympic-games/1936-berlin-summer-olympics/1663-1936-summer-olympics-the-results-modern-pentathlon]</ref>
He competed at the [[1936 Summer Olympics]], coming in 33rd in [[modern pentathlon]].<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gu/alfred-guth-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418002523/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gu/alfred-guth-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Alfred Guth |access-date=1 July 2012}}</ref><ref>[https://olympics.com/en/athletes/alfred-guth "Alfred Guth,"] Olympics.com.</ref> Guth placed highest in swimming, where he came in 5th, ahead of all three medalists.<ref>[https://www.sport-olympic.gr/sp/index.php/olympic-games/modern-olympic-games/summer-olympic-games/1936-berlin-summer-olympics/1663-1936-summer-olympics-the-results-modern-pentathlon "1936 Summer Olympics-the results modern pentathlon,"] sport-olympic.gr.</ref>


===United States===
He was a [[Holocaust survivor]], and emigrated to the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ushmm.org/online/hsv/person_view.php?PersonId=6125180|title=Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database -- Alfred Guth|website=www.ushmm.org}}</ref>
Guth was a [[Holocaust survivor]], and emigrated to the United States.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ushmm.org/online/hsv/person_view.php?PersonId=6125180|title=Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database -- Alfred Guth|website=ushmm.org}}</ref>


In the US, he lived in [[San Pedro, California]], and competed in [[Masters swimming]].<ref>[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-05-07-cb-4492-story.html]</ref><ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.usms.org/comp/aa/indaa.php?SwimmerID=0004R|title=All-American Listings for Alfred Guth|website=www.usms.org}}</ref> He established 28 individual and 13 relay [[U.S. Masters Swimming]] age-group records between 1972 and 1987.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.usms.org/comp/poolrecords.php?ri=i&SwimmerID=0004R|title=USMS National Records|website=www.usms.org}}</ref><ref name="auto1"/> He was a Masters [[All-America|All American]] in 1974 and 1977 (65-69), 1978-79 and 1981-83 (70-74), 1983-87 (75-79), and 1988-89 (80-84).<ref name="auto2"/>
In the US, Guth lived in [[San Pedro, California]], and competed in [[Masters swimming]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-05-07-cb-4492-story.html|title=Notebook: Mariners Seek Cagers for Orient Games|date=7 May 1987|website=The Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.usms.org/comp/aa/indaa.php?SwimmerID=0004R|title=All-American Listings for Alfred Guth|website=www.usms.org}}</ref> He established 28 individual and 13 relay [[U.S. Masters Swimming]] age-group records between 1972 and 1987.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.usms.org/comp/poolrecords.php?ri=i&SwimmerID=0004R|title=USMS National Records|website=usms.org}}</ref> He was a Masters [[All-America|All American]] in 1974 and 1977 (65-69), 1978-79 and 1981-83 (70-74), 1983-87 (75-79), and 1988-89 (80-84).<ref name="auto2"/>


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Alfred Guth
Alfred Guth in 1934
Personal information
Born(1908-07-27)27 July 1908
Vienna, Austria[1]
Died13 November 1996(1996-11-13) (aged 88)
Los Angeles, California, United States
Sport
SportModern pentathlon, swimming
ClubHakoah, Vienna
Medal record
Men's swimming
Representing  Austria
Maccabiah Games
Gold medal – first place 1932 Mandatory Palestine 1,500m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1932 Mandatory Palestine 400m freestyle
Silver medal – second place 1932 Mandatory Palestine 4x200m freestyle

Alfred Guth (27 July 1908 – 13 November 1996) was an Austrian water polo player, swimmer, and modern pentathlete. At the 1932 Maccabiah Games in Mandatory Palestine, in swimming he won a gold medal and two silver medals. He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics, coming in 33rd in modern pentathlon. A Holocaust survivor, he emigrated to the United States after WWII, competed in Masters swimming, and established 41 U.S. Masters Swimming age-group records.

Biography

Austria

In 1924 and 1925, swimming for the Jewish sports club Hakoah Vienna, Guth won the Quer Durch Wien (“Across Vienna”) 7.5 km race in the Danube.[2][3]

Guth competed for Austria at the 1927 Men's Water Polo European Championship in Bologna, Italy, in which the team came in 6th.[4]

Guth competed in swimming at the 1932 Maccabiah Games in Mandatory Palestine.[5] He won a gold medal in the 1,500m freestyle, a silver medal in the 400m freestyle, and a silver medal as part of Team Austria in the 4x200m freestyle.[5]

He competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics, coming in 33rd in modern pentathlon.[6][7] Guth placed highest in swimming, where he came in 5th, ahead of all three medalists.[8]

United States

Guth was a Holocaust survivor, and emigrated to the United States.[9]

In the US, Guth lived in San Pedro, California, and competed in Masters swimming.[10][11] He established 28 individual and 13 relay U.S. Masters Swimming age-group records between 1972 and 1987.[12] He was a Masters All American in 1974 and 1977 (65-69), 1978-79 and 1981-83 (70-74), 1983-87 (75-79), and 1988-89 (80-84).[11]

References

  1. ^ "Great Olympians - biographies - GUT". www.hermandw.be.
  2. ^ "A Film of Inspiration and Passion". kipdf.com.
  3. ^ ""DANUBE FOOTBALL" – VIENNA'S IDENTIFICATION WITH FOOTBALL – AND THE "DANUBE MAIDENS" – VIENNA'S FEMALE SWIMMING CHAMPIONS (until 1938) – Central European Economic and Social History".
  4. ^ "Men Water Polo European Championship 1927 Bologna (ITA) - 31.08-05.09 Winner Hungary". www.todor66.com.
  5. ^ a b "Maccabiah Games before World War II". sport-record.de.
  6. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alfred Guth". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
  7. ^ "Alfred Guth," Olympics.com.
  8. ^ "1936 Summer Olympics-the results modern pentathlon," sport-olympic.gr.
  9. ^ "Holocaust Survivors and Victims Database -- Alfred Guth". ushmm.org.
  10. ^ "Notebook: Mariners Seek Cagers for Orient Games". The Los Angeles Times. 7 May 1987.
  11. ^ a b "All-American Listings for Alfred Guth". www.usms.org.
  12. ^ "USMS National Records". usms.org.

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