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Albina Osipowich

1911 - 1964

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Albina Lucy Charlotte Osipowich (February 26, 1911 – June 6, 1964), later known by her married name Albina Van Aken, was an American competition swimmer who won gold medals in the women's 100-meter freestyle and 4×100-meter freestyle relay at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, setting world records in both events.In 1933 Osipowich graduated from Pembroke College (Brown University) in Providence, Rhode Island, where she played field hockey and continued swimming as a hobby. She later worked as a buyer for a department store and married basketball player Harrison Van Aken. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Albina Osipowich has received more than 33,029 page views. Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Albina Osipowich is the 36th most popular swimmer (up from 44th in 2019), the 7,376th most popular biography from United States (down from 7,300th in 2019) and the 11th most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Albina Osipowich ranks 36 out of 392Before her are Clarke Scholes, Ferenc Csik, Ian Thorpe, George Hodgson, Max Schöne, and Hilde Schrader. After her are Åke Borg, Vladimir Salnikov, Tetsuo Okamoto, Erich Rademacher, Judit Temes, and Jean Taris.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Albina Osipowich ranks 270Before her are Shoichi Sakata, Sakari Tuomioja, Gilles Grangier, Bruno Ahlberg, Chris Berger, and Reidar Andersen. After her are Michel Pécheux, Bruno Heim, Héctor Freschi, Bas Paauwe, Paul Zielinski, and Adam Kozłowiecki. Among people deceased in 1964, Albina Osipowich ranks 157Before her are Luis Batlle Berres, Clive Bell, Werner Bergengruen, Patrick Ryan, Sakari Tuomioja, and Hedwig Kohn. After her are Johnny Burnette, Lars Christensen, Max Aitken, 1st Baron Beaverbrook, Nella Larsen, Nuriye Ulviye Mevlan Civelek, and Per Nilsson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Albina Osipowich ranks 7,376 out of 18,182Before her are Robert Cray (1953), Larry Linville (1939), John Romero (1967), Pat Crawford Brown (1929), Laura La Plante (1904), and Sam Harris (1967). After her are CM Punk (1978), J. B. Lenoir (1929), Fischer Black (1938), Memphis Minnie (1897), Jacob L. Devers (1887), and Jason Derulo (1989).

Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Albina Osipowich ranks 11Before her are Don Schollander (1946), Ann Curtis (1926), Ethelda Bleibtrey (1902), Charles Daniels (1885), Helene Madison (1913), and Clarke Scholes (1930). After her are Helen Johns (1914), Jimmy McLane (1930), Matt Biondi (1965), Irene Guest (1900), Bill Smith (1924), and Aileen Riggin (1906).