Frances Schroth
Frances Cowells Schroth (born April 11, 1893 in Toledo , Ohio , United States , † October 6, 1961 in Guadalajara , Mexico ) was a swimmer from the United States who won three Olympic medals.
At the Olympic Games in Antwerp in 1920 , there were three swimming competitions for women on the program. In the first 100-meter freestyle swim, women swimmers from the United States won the three prelims. Frances Schroth won the first heat, Irene Guest won the second heat and Ethelda Bleibtrey won the third heat in the world record time of 1: 14.4 min. In the final, Bleibtrey won with a new world record of 1: 13.6 minutes ahead of Irene Guest in 1: 17.0 minutes and Frances Schroth in 1: 17.2 minutes. On the 300 meter freestyle course, which was only held in 1920, Ethelda Bleibtrey won the first run in a world record time of 4: 41.4 minutes. Margaret Woodbridge won the second run and Eleanor Uhl won the third , both also from the United States. Frances Schroth also qualified for the final behind Uhl. In the final, Bleibtrey swam her fourth world record and won in 4: 34.0 minutes ahead of Margaret Woodbridge in 4: 42.8 minutes. Behind them, Frances Schroth reached the finish in 4: 52.4 minutes, just ahead of the British Constance Jeans . The day after the 300 meter final, the decision was made in the 4 x 100 meter freestyle relay. All three contested seasons stayed below the old world record, the season from the United States with Margaret Woodbridge, Frances Schroth, Irene Guest and Ethelda Bleibtrey won in 5: 11.6 minutes ahead of the British in 5: 40.8 minutes and the Swedes in 5: 43.6 min.
Frances Schroth was married to the swimmer and water polo player George Schroth , the marriage divorced shortly after the 1924 Olympics.
Web links
- Frances Schroth in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Footnotes
- ↑ Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. The Chronicle I. Athens 1896 - Berlin 1936. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00715-6 . P. 452f
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schroth, Frances |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schroth, Frances Cowells (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 11, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toledo , Ohio |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 6, 1961 |
| Place of death | Guadalajara , Mexico |