Wilhelmina of Bremen

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Wilhelmina "Billie" von Bremen (after marriage to Asch ; born August 13, 1909 in San Francisco ; † July 23, 1976 in Alameda ) was an American athlete and Olympic champion .

Life and accomplishments

A graduate of Commerce High School in San Francisco, she worked as an accountant at the Emporium department store , excelled on their basketball operations team, and soon focused on the sprint . In preparation for the 1932 Olympic Games , it was formally affiliated with the Western Women's Club .

As a participant in the games in Los Angeles, she won the bronze medal in the 100-meter run behind Stanisława Walasiewicz from Poland (gold) and Hilda Strike (silver) from Canada . In the 4 x 100 meter relay , she won the gold medal with the US team, together with her teammates Mary Carew , Evelyn Furtsch and Annette Rogers .

In the same year she was elected Miss California . In October 1935 she married the lawyer Robert B. Asch, with whom she lived in Palo Alto . She became the mother of a son and was a passionate tennis player . On July 23, 1976, she died of a heart attack while watching a professional tennis tournament with her husband.

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Footnotes

  1. ^ Doris Hinson Pieroth: Their Day in the Sun: Women of the 1932 Olympics. University of Washington Press, 1996, ISBN 0-295-97554-7 , pp. 30f.
  2. ^ Doris Hinson Pieroth: Their Day in the Sun: Women of the 1932 Olympics. University of Washington Press, 1996, ISBN 0-295-97554-7 , p. 136
personal data
SURNAME Bremen, Wilhelmina from
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bremen, Billie von; Asch, Billie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American athlete
DATE OF BIRTH August 13, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH San Francisco
DATE OF DEATH July 23, 1976
Place of death Alameda (California)