Ethel Lackie

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Ethel Lackie Watkins (born February 10, 1907 in Chicago , † December 15, 1979 in Newbury Park , California ) was an American swimmer .

She was the first female swimmer to swim 100 yards under a minute. She improved the world record by over 3 seconds. At the Olympic Games in Paris in 1924 , she was Olympic champion in the 100 m freestyle and with the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay . In 1969 she was inducted into the hall of fame of international swimming .

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SURNAME Lackie, Ethel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Watkins, Ethel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American swimmer
DATE OF BIRTH February 10, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago
DATE OF DEATH 15th December 1979
Place of death Newbury Park, California