Colonel William A. Phillips

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.[1]

In 1933 Osipowich graduated from Pembroke College (Brown University) in Providence, Rhode Island, where she played field hockey and continued swimming as a hobby.[2] She later worked as a buyer for a department store and married basketball player Harrison Van Aken.[1] The Brown Athletic Hall of Fame includes Albina Osipowich Van Aken ’33, inducted in 1984.[3]

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References

  1. ^ a b Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Albina Osipowich. Retrieved November 23, 2012.
  2. ^ "Women's History Month 2019: Albina Osipowich '33, Women's Swimming". Brown University Athletics. 2019-03-07. Archived from the original on 2020-02-03. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
  3. ^ "Albina Osipowich Van Aken (1984) - Hall of Fame". Brown University Athletics. Archived from the original on 2020-02-03. Retrieved 2020-02-03.

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US Women 4 × 100 m team at the 1928 Olympics, Osipowich is third from left
Records
Preceded by Women's 100-meter freestyle
world record-holder (long course)

August 25, 1929 – March 14, 1930
Succeeded by