Ethel Lackie

Ethel Lackie (1907 to 1979), later known by her married name Ethel Watkins, was an American competition swimmer from Chicago who won two Olympic gold medals at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. She took the women's 100 metre freestyle with an Olympic record, leading an American sweep of the event, and added a second gold as a member of the United States 4x100 metre freestyle relay team, which set a world record in the final. Swimming for the Illinois Athletic Club under coach Bill Bachrach, she was the first woman to break 60 seconds for 100 yards freestyle and set several American and world records, including a 100 metre freestyle world record that stood until 1929. She was made an honor member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1969.