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Irene Guest

Personal information

Full name

Irene May Guest

National team

United States

Born

July 22, 1900
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Died

June 14, 1970 (aged 69)
Ocean Gate, New Jersey, U.S.

Height

5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)

Sport

Swimming

Strokes

Freestyle

Club

Meadowbrook Club

Medal record

Women's swimming

Representing the United States
Olympic Games
	1920 Antwerp	4×100 m freestyle
	1920 Antwerp	100 m freestyle

Irene May Guest (July 22, 1900 – June 14, 1970), also known by her married name Irene Loog, was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and world record-holder.^[1] She represented the United States as a 19-year-old at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium, where she received a pair of medals.^[2] Guest received her first medal in the women's 100-meter freestyle in which she finished second behind fellow American Ethelda Bleibtrey, earning a silver medal with a time of 1:17.0.^[2]^[3] In the women's 4×100 metres freestyle relay, she won a gold medal with U.S. teammates Bleibtrey, Frances Schroth and Margaret Woodbridge in a new world-record time of 5:11.6.^[2]^[4]

Guest was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "honor pioneer swimmer" in 1990.^[5]

References

^ "Irene Guest". Olympedia. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Irene Guest Archived July 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games, Women's 100 metres Freestyle Final Archived November 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, United States Swimming at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games Archived November 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
^ "Irene Guest (USA)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2015.

External links

Irene Guest (USA) – 1990 Honor Pioneer Swimmer – International Swimming Hall of Fame at the Wayback Machine (archived April 2, 2015)

v t e 1920 USA Olympic swimming team
Men's Team	Eugene Bolden Bill Harris Jack Howell Duke Kahanamoku Fred Kahele Pua Kealoha Warren Kealoha Ray Kegeris Harold Kruger Ludy Langer Mike McDermott Perry McGillivray Charles Quinby Norman Ross Stephen Ruddy Herbert Taylor
Women's Team	Ethelda Bleibtrey Charlotte Boyle Irene Guest Frances Schroth Eleanor Uhl Margaret Woodbridge