Elizabeth Evadna Brey (November 23, 1931 – March 21, 2015),

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Elizabeth Evadna Mullen, 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 represented the United States at the

1956 Summer Olympics The 1956 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, from 22 November to 8 December 1956, with the exception of the equestrian events, whi ...

in Melbourne, Australia.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes
Betty Brey
Retrieved January 27, 2013. Brey swam for the silver medal-winning U.S. team in the preliminary heats of the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay. She was not eligible to receive a medal under the 1956 Olympic swimming rules, however, because she did not swim in the relay final. In addition to her Olympic appearance, Brey also competed at the

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ...

and

1955 Pan American Games The 1955 Pan American Games opened on March 12, 1955, in the University Stadium (now Olympic Stadium) in Mexico City, Mexico, in front of a capacity crowd of 100,000 spectators. A total number of 2,583 athletes from 22 nations marched in review ...

and won two gold and two silver medals. Following her Olympic experience, she became the swim coach at

George Washington University , mottoeng = "God is Our Trust" , established = , type = Private federally chartered research university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $2.8 billion (2022) , preside ...

. Her husband Paul was a high school athletics director in Maryland. Her son

Mike Brey Michael Paul Brey (born March 22, 1959) is an American college basketball coach. He has been the men's head coach at the University of Notre Dame since July 14, 2000. Early life and education Brey, the son of Olympic swimmer Betty Brey, graduate ...

is the men's basketball coach at the

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, daughter Brenda was a swimmer at

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and is a physical education teacher and son Shane Brey is the Founder and inventor of 360 Hoops. Brey graduated from

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in 1953, and served in the

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as an officer.Paul Reinhard,
Ahead Of Her Time Weissport Native Betty Mullen Brey Had A Practice Regimen That Was Years Ahead Of Its Time And Helped The 15-year-old Swimmer Qualify For The 1948 Olympic Trials.
" ''The Morning Call'' (December 17, 1999). Retrieved March 22, 2015. Brey died March 21, 2015, of a heart attack; she was 83 years old.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Brey, Betty 1931 births 2015 deaths American female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for the United States People from Carbon County, Pennsylvania Swimmers at the 1955 Pan American Games Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in swimming People from Lake Mary, Florida Medalists at the 1955 Pan American Games 21st-century American women

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