Margaret Woodbridge
Margaret Darling Woodbridge 
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| Surname: | Margaret Darling Woodbridge | |||||||||
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| Swimming style (s) : | Freestyle | |||||||||
| Society: | Detroit Athletic Club | |||||||||
| Birthday: | January 6, 1902 | |||||||||
| Place of birth: | Detroit | |||||||||
| Date of death: | February 23, 1995 | |||||||||
| Place of death: | Brooklyn | |||||||||
| Size: | 1.71 m | |||||||||
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Margaret Darling Woodbridge (married Presley ; born January 6, 1902 in Detroit , † February 23, 1995 in New York ) was an American swimmer.
She took part in the 1920 Summer Olympics in the Belgian city of Antwerp . There she succeeded in winning the gold medal on August 29 with the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. The Americans improved the long track world record that had existed since 1912 by 41.2 seconds and relegated the British and Swedes to their places in 05: 11.6. In the final of the 300 meter freestyle race, Woodbridge finished second behind her compatriot Ethelda Bleibtrey in 04: 42.8 .
Margaret Woodbridge was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1989 and died in New York borough Brooklyn in 1995 at the age of 93 .
Web links
- Margaret Woodbridge in the International Swimming Hall of Fame (English)
- Margaret Woodbridge in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
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| SURNAME | Woodbridge, Margaret |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Woodbridge, Margaret Darling (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American swimmer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 6, 1902 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Detroit , Michigan, USA |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 23, 1995 |
| Place of death | New York City , USA |