Johanna Maria Elisabeth "Jopie" Waalberg (13 April 1920 – 5 July 1979) was a Dutch breaststroke swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics and was the first woman to swim the 200 meter breaststroke under 3 minutes.[1][2]
 Jopie Waalberg in 1940 | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 13 April 1920 Amsterdam, the Netherlands | |||||||||||
| Died | 5 July 1979 Enkhuizen, the Netherlands | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
| Club | ADZ | |||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||
In 1936 she finished fifth in the 200 metre breaststroke event, the single breaststroke event until the 1968 Olympics. At the 1938 European Aquatics Championships in London she won a bronze medal on the same distance.
On May 11, 1937 she broke Hideko Maehata's four-year-old breaststroke record by 0.2 seconds (3:00.2). On Jun 27 of that year, in Zaandijk, she improved on that record by more than 2 seconds to 2:58.0. She improved her own world record once more on October 2 to 2:56.9. She further held world records in the unconventional distances of 200 yard, 400 m and 500 m breaststroke.
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ "Jopie WAALBERG | Results | FINA Official". World Aquatics. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
- ^ Keesing's Contemporary Archives. Keesing's Limited. 1937. p. 2775.
  | This biographical article related to a Dutch swimmer is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |