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Sport
  
Swimming

Name
  
Gisela Arendt


Role
  
Swimmer

Club
  
Berlin

Gisela Arendt

Born
  
5 November 1918 (
1918-11-05
)
Berlin, Germany

Died
  
February 18, 1969, Bonn, Germany

Olympic medals
  
Swimming at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metre freestyle

Gisela Jacob (née Gisela Arendt; 5 November 1918 – 18 February 1969) was a German swimmer who won three medals at the 1934 European Aquatics Championships and two medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics. She also competed at the 1952 Olympics and finished seventh in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay.

She won eight national titles in the 100 m freestyle (1933–1937, 1939, 1949) and 100 m backstroke (1934), competing as Arendt before World War II and as Jacob after the war.

Her brother, Heinz Arendt, and son, Rainer Jacob, (b. 1946) were both Olympics swimmers, and Heinz competed alongside Gisela at the 1936 Olympics.

References

Gisela Arendt Wikipedia