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Full name | Frances Cowells Schroth | ||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Toledo, Ohio | April 11, 1893||||||||||||||||||||
Died | October 6, 1961 Guadalajara, Mexico | (aged 68)||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Athens Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Frances Cowells Schroth (April 11, 1893 – October 6, 1961) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. She represented the United States at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.[1] She won the gold medal as member of the first-place U.S. team in the 4×100-meter freestyle relay, together with Margaret Woodbridge, Irene Guest and Ethelda Bleibtrey.[1][2] The American relay team set a new world record of 5:11.6 in the event final.[1] Individually, she also won bronze medals for her third-place performances in the women's 100-meter freestyle (1:17.2) and the women's 300-meter freestyle (4:52.0).[1][3][4]
Schroth was born in Toledo, Ohio. She was married to George Schroth, an Olympic bronze medalist in water polo at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[5]