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Full name
  
Ethel Minnie Lackie

Name
  
Ethel Lackie

Club
  
Illinois Athletic Club

Strokes
  
Freestyle swimming

Sport
  
Swimming

Height
  
1.63 m

National team
  
United States

Role
  
Swimmer


Born
  
February 10, 1907 (
1907-02-10
)
Chicago, Illinois

Died
  
December 15, 1979, Newbury Park, California, United States

Olympic medals
  
Swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle

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Ethel Minnie Lackie (February 10, 1907 – December 15, 1979), also known by her married name Ethel Watkins, was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and world record-holder.

Lackie represented the United States at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. Individually, she won a gold medal in the women's 100-meter freestyle, finishing with a time of 1:12.4, and leading an American medal sweep of the event. She also won a second gold medal as a member of the first-place U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay, together with American teammates Euphrasia Donnelly, Gertrude Ederle and Mariechen Wehselau. The U.S. relay team set a new world record of 4:58.8 in the event final.

She was born in Chicago, Illinois and attended high school at University High in the Hyde Park community of Chicago. She died in Newbury Park, California.

References

Ethel Lackie Wikipedia