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Beulah Gundling
Beulah Detwiler Gundling (Feb 13 1916 - Oct 1 2003) was an American synchronized swimmer, aquatic artist, choreographer and author.
==Early life and sportive career==
In her childhood Beulah Gundling was mainly interested in music and ballet. At the age of 14 she started to take swimming lessons after being encouraged by her parents to learn how to swim and dive. However, the first experiences with swimming were very negative for her, because she continuously sank in the water.〔(''Beulah Detwiler Gundling'' ). Biography of B. Gundling on the website of Coe College, Cedar Rapids (Iowa, USA, 2006).〕 She started to read instructional books on swimming, decided to teach herself how to float and successfully continued this autodidactic learning in the following years. She attended several competitions and even won an Iowa AAU gold medal for the backstroke.〔(Michael Heim, ''Exploring Iowa Highways'', Wabasha 2006, page 88 ). Information about the book on Google website.〕
In 1938 she finished her education at Coe College and started to work as a secretary for the Chamber of Commerce in Cedar Rapids. To that time she began to find swimming laps boring and to develop her idea of combining swimming with music and dance. After studying a book about rhythmic swimming she created a routine of swimming strokes which were set to music. On the suggestion of her husband, coach and manager Henry Gundling, Beulah took part at the duet competition in synchronized swimming at the ''Outdoor Nationals'' in Des Moines in 1948 together with Noreen Fenner and placed 10th.〔(''Biography of Beulah Gundling'' ) on the website of Coe College, Cedar Rapids (Iowa, USA, 2006).〕
In the following years Beulah increased her interest in performing solo routines, for which she designed her own costumes. She won several important competitions in North America, inter alia she took first place at the 1949 ''Canadian Synchronized Swimming Championships'' with a routine entitled ''The Swan'' after music by Camille Saint-Saëns. Moreover she won the Outdoor solo title at the ''U.S. National AAU Synchronized Swimming Championships'' from 1950-1954. Gundling introduced solo synchronized swimming on an exhibition basis at the 1951 Pan American Games as well as the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, where she presented her program ''Thunderbird'' to music from the opera ''Natoma'' by Victor Herbert.〔(Video of B. Gundling's program ''Thunderbird'' at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki ) on the official ISHOF website.〕 After winning the gold medal of the solo event at the 1955 Pan American Games Beulah Gundling finished her sports career.
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