Agnes Geraghty
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National team | United States | ||||||||||||||
Born | New York, New York, U.S. | November 26, 1907||||||||||||||
Died | March 1, 1974 Oceanside, New York, U.S. | (aged 66)||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||
Club | Women's Swimming Association | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Agnes Geraghty (November 26, 1907 – March 1, 1974), also known by her married name Agnes McAndrews, was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1924 Summer Olympics and 1928 Summer Olympics.
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Geraghty began swimming in 1923 and was trained by L.D.B. Handey, who was the coach of the New York Women's Swimming Association.[1] She won the Middle Atlantic breast-stroke championship either in or prior to 1924.[2] At the 1924 Olympics in Paris, she won a silver medal in the women's 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 3:34.0. Four years later at the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam, she was fourth in her semifinal of the 200-meter breaststroke event and did not advance.[3] She was the 1928 and 1929 United States women's breast-stroke national champion at 220 yards.[1] She was said to have held 17 swimming records during her career.[2][4]
See also
References
- ^ a b Wiley, Marjorie (1929), Language Doesn't Matter - Agnes Praises Rival - Girls Embrace After Race, The Honolulu Advertiser, retrieved March 13, 2023
- ^ a b Wins Place As Olympic Swimmer ---and Why Not?, The Capital Times, 1924, retrieved March 13, 2023
- ^ "Agnes Geraghty". Olympedia. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
- ^ Field, F.B. (1924), New 1924 Records, Collyer's Eye, retrieved March 13, 2023
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