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Adelaide Lambert

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American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder (1907-1996)

United StatesLived 1907 to 1996 · aged 88
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Adelaide Lambert Ballard was an American competition swimmer for the Women's Swimming Association of New York, who earned a gold medal at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, setting a world record in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay. 4.

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Adelaide Lambert Ballard was an American competition swimmer for the Women's Swimming Association of New York, who earned a gold medal at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics, setting a world record in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay. She set a number of American swimming records, and set a world record in February, 1927, during the Women's National AAU Indoor Swimming Championships in Buffalo, New York, in the 300-yard medley of 4:34.4.

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Lived 1907 to 1996 · aged 88
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