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 The 1934 LEN European Aquatics Championships were held 12–19 August 1934 in Magdeburg, Germany. Medal table Medal summary Diving ;Men's events ;Women's events Swimming ;Men's events ;Women's events Water polo See also *List of E ...

and two medals at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

. She also competed at the

1952 Olympics 1952 Olympics refers to both: *The 1952 Winter Olympics, which were held in Oslo, Norway *The 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the X ...

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.

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1918 births 1969 deaths German female swimmers German female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Germany Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists in swimming German female backstroke swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Berlin Olympic silver medalists in swimming 20th-century German women {{Germany-swimming-Olympic-medalist-stub