Maria Johanna "Ma" Braun (

Delfshaven Delfshaven is a borough of Rotterdam, Netherlands, on the right bank of river Nieuwe Maas. It was a separate municipality until 1886. The town of Delfshaven grew around the port of the city of Delft. Delft itself was not located on a major river ...

, 28 December 1881 –

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, 9 October 1956) was a Dutch swimming coach. She led the Dutch women's swimming team at the 1928–1952 Olympics and at the European championships in between, with her trainees winning medals at each of these competitions. Owing to her efforts, later supported by another prominent Dutch coach

Jan Stender Jan Stender (7 May 1906 – 20 October 1989) was a Dutch swimming coach. During the 1940s–1950s he raised at least eight world record holders who set more than 50 world records in total. In 1973, he was inducted to the International Swimming ...

, the Netherlands was one of the leading women's swimming nations of the 1930s–1960s. Throughout her entire career Braun tried new strokes and training methods, and traveled throughout Europe to learn from competitors. In 1967 she was inducted into the

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. Her trainees included Marie Baron, Willy den Ouden, Rie Mastenbroek, her daughter

Marie Braun Maria "Marie" Johanna Philipsen-Braun (22 June 1911 – 23 June 1982), also known as Zus Braun, was a Dutch swimmer. She competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam and in 1932 in Los Angeles, winning a gold medal in the 100 m backstroke an ...

, Puck Oversloot, Ria van der Horst, Irma Schuhmacher and Jopie van Alphen. Her daughter won the 100 m backstroke at the 1928 Summer Olympics, and Mastenbroek remains the only woman to win both the 100 and 400 meter Olympic freestyle, which she had done in 1936.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Braun, Ma 1881 births 1956 deaths Sportspeople from Rotterdam Dutch swimming coaches

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