Margaret Woodbridge
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| Full name | Margaret Darling Woodbridge | |||||||||||||||
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 United States
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January 6, 1902 Detroit, Michigan |
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| Died | February 23, 1995 (aged 93) Brooklyn, New York |
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| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | |||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||
| Club | Detroit Athletic Club | |||||||||||||||
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Margaret Darling Woodbridge (January 6, 1902 – February 23, 1995), also known by her married name Margaret Presley, was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and world record-holder.
She represented the United States at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium. She won the gold medal as member of the winning U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay. Woodbridge and her American relay teammates Frances Schroth, Irene Guest and Ethelda Bleibtrey set a new world record of 5:11.6 in the event final. Individually, Woodbridge received a silver medal for her second-place performance in the women's 300-meter freestyle, finishing behind American teammate Ethelda Bleibtrey, in a time of 4:42.8.
Woodbridge was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Pioneer Swimmer" in 1989.
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