Bonnie Mealing
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Phillomena Alecia "Bonnie" Mealing was an Australian freestyle and backstroke swimmer of the 1920s and 1930s, who won a silver medal in the 100-metre backstroke at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Ange
Mealing in 1928
Mealing (left in costume) with 1932 Australian women's Olympic swim squad & chaperone.
Eleanor Holm
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Eleanor Grace Theresa Holm was an American competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. An Olympian in 1928 and 1932, Holm was expelled from the 1936 Summer Olympics team by Avery Brundage under con
Bonnie Mealing
…swimmers to the inaugural 1930 British Empire Games in Hamilton, Canada. By the time the 1932 Summer Olympics arrived, the 18-year-old American swimmer Eleanor Holm had already cut 2 seconds off her world record, and Holm easily defeated Mealing by 2 seconds to claim the gold. In 1933, Mealing set a world record…
Holm in 1932
Holm at the 1932 Olympics
Holm and Art Jarrett in 1936
Holm's grave at Calvary Cemetery