Wilhelmina "Billie" von Bremen (August 13, 1909 – July 16, 1976) was an American sprint runner. At the

1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held duri ...

, she won an individual bronze medal in the 100 meters and a gold medal in the 4×100 meters relay.Billie von Bremen
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Life

Von Bremen graduated from Western Women's College in Ohio and ran for the Western Women's Club in her home city. She came second in the AAU meet in 1932 to Ethel Harrington. However Harrington was not meant to run and therefore von Bremen was declared the winner. In the first heat

Marie Dollinger Maria "Marie" Dollinger-Hendrix (28 October 1910 – 10 August 1994) was a German track and field athlete who competed in sprinting events and the 800 metres. She represented Germany at three consecutive Olympic Games: 1928, 1932 and 1936. She ...

broke the 100 metres Olympic record with a time of 12.2 seconds. This time was immediately improved by

Stanisława Walasiewicz Stanisława Walasiewicz (3 April 1911 – 4 December 1980), also known as Stefania Walasiewicz, and Stella Walsh, was a Polish-American track and field athlete, who became a women's Olympic champion in the 100 metres. Born in Poland and raised ...

, who also set a world record.Athletics at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Round One
Sports Reference. Von Bremen ran 12.0 seconds in the final to take the bronze. She soon joined with teammates Mary Carew,

Evelyn Furtsch Evelyn Pearl Furtsch (later ''Ojeda'', April 17, 1914 – March 5, 2015) was an American sprint runner. Furtsch won the gold medal in the 4×100 m relay with teammates Mary Carew, Annette Rogers and Wilhelmina von Bremen at the 1932 Summer Olym ...

and

Annette Rogers Annette Rogers (later ''Kelly'', October 22, 1913 – November 8, 2006) was an American sprinter and high jumper. She competed in the individual 100 m, 4×100 m relay and high jump at the 1932 and 1936 Olympics and won two gold medals in the rela ...

to win the gold medal in the 4×100 meters in a world record time.

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1909 births 1976 deaths American people of German descent Track and field athletes from San Francisco American female sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1932 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in track and field Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners 20th-century American women Olympic female sprinters {{US-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub