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Helene Emma Madison (June 19, 1913 – November 27, 1970) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. Madison won three gold medals in freestyle event at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, becoming, along with Romeo Neri of Italy, the most successful athlete at the 1932 Olympics: women's 100-meter freestyle, 400-meter freestyle, and 4×100-meter freestyle relay.〔( Helene Madison ). Sports-Reference.com〕 In sixteen months in 1930 and 1931, she broke sixteen world records in various distances. Following the 1932 Olympics she appeared in the films ''The Human Fish'' and ''The Warrior's Husband'' and hence, as a professional, was not allowed to participate in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. After her swimming career, she had odd jobs as a swimming instructor, department store clerk and a nurse. Divorced three times and living alone, she died of throat cancer in 1970 in Seattle, Washington.〔Mildred Andrews, "( Madison, Helene (1914-1970) )," HistoryLink.com. Retrieved October 7, 2012.〕 She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1966, and the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame in 1992.〔International Swimming Hall of Fame, Honorees, ( Helene Madison (USA) ). Retrieved April 7, 2015.〕 ==See also== * List of multiple Olympic gold medalists * List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women) * World record progression 100 metres freestyle * World record progression 200 metres freestyle * World record progression 400 metres freestyle * World record progression 800 metres freestyle * World record progression 1500 metres freestyle * World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Helene Madison」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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