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Albina Lucy Charlotte Osipowich (February 26, 1911 – June 6, 1964), later known by her married name Albina Van Aken, was an American competition
swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...
who won gold medals in the women's 100-meter freestyle and 4×100-meter freestyle relay at the
1928 Summer Olympics The 1928 Summer Olympics ( nl, Olympische Zomerspelen 1928), officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad ( nl, Spelen van de IXe Olympiade) and commonly known as Amsterdam 1928, was an international multi-sport event that was celebrated from ...
in Amsterdam, setting world records in both events.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes
Albina Osipowich
Retrieved November 23, 2012. In 1933 Osipowich graduated from
Pembroke College (Brown University) Pembroke College in Brown University was the coordinate Women's colleges in the United States, women's college for Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island. It was founded in 1891 and merged into Brown in 1971. Fou ...
in Providence, Rhode Island, where she played
field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...
and continued swimming as a hobby. She later worked as a buyer for a department store and married basketball player Harrison Van Aken. The Brown Athletic Hall of Fame includes Albina Osipowich Van Aken ’33, inducted in 1984.


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List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame The International Swimming Hall of Fame The International Swimming Hall of Fame and Museum (ISHOF) is a history museum and hall of fame, located at One Hall of Fame Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, operated by private interests a ...
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List of Brown University people The following is a partial list of notable Brown University alumni, known as Brunonians. It includes alumni of Brown University and Pembroke College, Brown's former women's college. "Class of" is used to denote the graduation class of individuals ...
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List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women) This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in swimming. Current program 50 metre freestyle 100 metre freestyle 200 metre freestyle 400 metre freestyle 800 metre freestyle 1500 metre freestyle 100 metre backstroke 20 ...
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World record progression 100 metres freestyle The first world record in the 100 metres freestyle in long course (50 metres) swimming was recognised by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) in 1905. In the short course (25 metres) swimming events, the world's governing body ...
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World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay This article includes the world record progression for the 4×100 metres freestyle relay, and it shows the chronological history of world record times in that competitive swimming event. The 4×100 metres freestyle relay is a relay event in which ...


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Albina Osipowich (USA)
– Honor Swimmer profile at International Swimming Hall of Fame
1911 births 1964 deaths American female freestyle swimmers American people of Lithuanian descent World record setters in swimming Olympic gold medalists for the United States in swimming Pembroke College in Brown University alumni Sportspeople from Worcester, Massachusetts Swimmers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics 20th-century American women 20th-century American people {{US-swimming-Olympic-medalist-stub