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| national_team = United States |
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1907|11|26|mf=y}} |
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| birth_place = [[New York City|New York, New York]], U.S. |
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| death_date = {{Death date and age|1974|3|1|1907|11|26|mf=y}} |
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| death_place = [[Oceanside, New York]], U.S. |
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| strokes = [[Breaststroke]] |
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| club = Women's Swimming Association |
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'''Agnes Geraghty''' |
'''Agnes Geraghty''' (November 26, 1907 – March 1, 1974), also known by her married name '''Agnes McAndrews''', was an American competition [[swimming (sport)|swimmer]] who represented the United States at the [[1924 Summer Olympics]] and [[1928 Summer Olympics]]. |
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In the 1924 Olympics she won a silver medal in the 200 m breaststroke event. |
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Geraghty began swimming in 1923 and was trained by L.D.B. Handey, who was the coach of the New York Women's Swimming Association.<ref name="THA">{{Citation| last=Wiley| first =Marjorie| year =1929| title =Language Doesn't Matter - Agnes Praises Rival - Girls Embrace After Race | publisher=The Honolulu Advertiser| url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/259289942/?terms=Agnes%20Geraghty&match=1| access-date = 13 March 2023}}</ref> She won the Middle Atlantic breast-stroke championship either in or prior to 1924.<ref name="TCT">{{Citation| last=| first =| year =1924| title =Wins Place As Olympic Swimmer ---and Why Not? | publisher=The Capital Times| url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/518081746/?terms=%22Art%20Bues%22&match=1| access-date = 13 March 2023}}</ref> At the 1924 Olympics in Paris, she won a silver medal in the [[Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics - Women's 200 metre breaststroke|women's 200-meter breaststroke]] with a time of 3:34.0. Four years later at the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam, she was fourth in her semifinal of the [[Swimming at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Women's 200 metre breaststroke|200-meter breaststroke]] event and did not advance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/51027 |title=Agnes Geraghty |work=Olympedia |access-date=November 19, 2021}}</ref> She was the 1928 and 1929 United States women's breast-stroke national champion at 220 yards.<ref name="THA"></ref> She was said to have held 17 swimming records during her career.<ref name="TCT"></ref><ref name="Eye">{{Citation| last=Field| first =F.B.| year =1924| title =New 1924 Records | publisher=Collyer's Eye| url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/668527272/?terms=Agnes%20Geraghty&match=1| access-date = 13 March 2023}}</ref> |
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Four years later in [[Amsterdam]] she was fourth in her semifinal of 200 m breaststroke event and did not advance. |
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==See also== |
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* [[List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)]] |
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==References== |
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* {{Olympic Channel|agnes-geraghty}} |
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*[http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=HARDIPHY01 profile] |
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* {{SR/Olympics profile|ge/agnes-geraghty-1|Agnes Geraghty}} |
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{{Footer USA Swimming 1924 Summer Olympics}} |
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{{Footer USA Swimming 1928 Summer Olympics}} |
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National team | United States | ||||||||||||||
Born | New York, New York, U.S. | November 26, 1907||||||||||||||
Died | March 1, 1974 Oceanside, New York, U.S. | (aged 66)||||||||||||||
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Club | Women's Swimming Association | ||||||||||||||
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Agnes Geraghty (November 26, 1907 – March 1, 1974), also known by her married name Agnes McAndrews, was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1924 Summer Olympics and 1928 Summer Olympics.
Information[edit]
Geraghty began swimming in 1923 and was trained by L.D.B. Handey, who was the coach of the New York Women's Swimming Association.[1] She won the Middle Atlantic breast-stroke championship either in or prior to 1924.[2] At the 1924 Olympics in Paris, she won a silver medal in the women's 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 3:34.0. Four years later at the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam, she was fourth in her semifinal of the 200-meter breaststroke event and did not advance.[3] She was the 1928 and 1929 United States women's breast-stroke national champion at 220 yards.[1] She was said to have held 17 swimming records during her career.[2][4]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Wiley, Marjorie (1929), Language Doesn't Matter - Agnes Praises Rival - Girls Embrace After Race, The Honolulu Advertiser, retrieved March 13, 2023
- ^ a b Wins Place As Olympic Swimmer ---and Why Not?, The Capital Times, 1924, retrieved March 13, 2023
- ^ "Agnes Geraghty". Olympedia. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ Field, F.B. (1924), New 1924 Records, Collyer's Eye, retrieved March 13, 2023
External links[edit]
- Agnes Geraghty at Olympics.com
- Agnes Geraghty at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 1907 births
- 1974 deaths
- American female breaststroke swimmers
- Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in swimming
- Swimmers from New York City
- Swimmers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- 20th-century American women
- 20th-century American people
- American swimming Olympic medalist stubs