Kolbrún Ólafsdóttir (1 February 1933 – 22 April 1960) was an Icelandic

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 ...

. She competed in the women's 100 metre backstroke at the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus cau ...

. A women's pioneer swimmer in Iceland, she won several national championships and once held all women's national records in

backstroke Backstroke or back crawl is one of the four Swimming (sport), swimming styles used in competitive events regulated by FINA, and the only one of these styles swum on the back. This swimming style has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disa ...

and

front crawl The front crawl or forward crawl, also known as the Australian crawl or American crawl, is a swimming stroke usually regarded as the fastest of the four front primary strokes. As such, the front crawl stroke is almost universally used during a ...

. Kolbrún was born in

Reykjavík Reykjavík is the Capital city, capital and largest city in Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland on the southern shore of Faxaflói, the Faxaflói Bay. With a latitude of 64°08′ N, the city is List of northernmost items, the worl ...

and started swimtraining with Ármann at the age of 12. She died in 1960 at the age of 27 after battling an unspecific illness for 12 years.

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* 1933 births 1960 deaths Kolbrun Olafsdottir Swimmers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Kolbrun Olafsdottir Swimmers from Reykjavík {{Iceland-swimming-bio-stub