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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 for Pembroke Women's College, now Brown University, a 1928 Olympic champion, and a 1929 world record holder in the 100-meter freestyle. Osipowich 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. Though training less intensely in her Sophomore year at Pembroke, she helped lead the women's team to an undefeated regular season, and captained the team in her Junior Year. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Albina Osipowich has received more than 35,423 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 19 in 2019). Albina Osipowich is the 41st most popular swimmer (down from 36th in 2019), the 6,543rd most popular biography from United States (up from 7,361st in 2019) and the 17th most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Albina Osipowich ranks 41 out of 709. Before her are Éva Novák-Gerard, Judit Temes, Frederick Lane, Clarke Scholes, Marie Braun, and Irene Guest. After her are Willy den Ouden, Alexander Popov, Shigeo Arai, Adelaide Lambert, Ethel Lackie, and Arne Borg.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Albina Osipowich ranks 254. Before her are Franz Wagner, Leonard Warren, Rudolf Raftl, Constantin Stanciu, Marie Braun, and Gedeon Barcza. After her are József Háda, Milorad B. Protić, Jo Jones, Roy Eldridge, Anatol Rapoport, and Maurice Goldhaber. Among people deceased in 1964, Albina Osipowich ranks 148. Before her are Erik Malmberg, Theodore Freeman, Agnes Miegel, Nguyễn Văn Trỗi, Edith Sitwell, and Patrick Ryan. After her are Axel Norling, Werner Bergengruen, Luis Batlle Berres, Steponas Kairys, Paul A. Baran, and Arpenik Nalbandyan.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Albina Osipowich ranks 6,543 out of 20,380. Before her are Edward Platt (1916), Lawrence Lessig (1961), Brad Whitford (1952), John Berry (1917), Charlene Tilton (1958), and Steve Swallow (1940). After her are Dolph Schayes (1928), Bernard Edwards (1952), Zoë Kravitz (1988), Anna Lee Fisher (1949), Henry Thomas (1971), and Dan Reynolds (1987).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Albina Osipowich ranks 17. Before her are Don Schollander (1946), Helen Johns (1914), Ethelda Bleibtrey (1902), Ann Curtis (1926), Clarke Scholes (1930), and Irene Guest (1900). After her are Ethel Lackie (1907), Edgar Adams (1868), Carolyn Schuler (1943), Katie Ledecky (1997), Ford Konno (1933), and Lynn Burke (1943).

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