Gisela Arendt

Gisela Arendt, who later competed as Gisela Jacob, was a German swimmer, born on 5 November 1916 and died on 18 February 1969. She won three medals at the 1934 European Aquatics Championships and two medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics, and returned to the Olympics in 1952, where she finished seventh in the 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay. She won eight German national titles, seven in the 100 metre freestyle between 1933 and 1949 and one in the 100 metre backstroke in 1934, competing as Arendt before the Second World War and as Jacob afterwards. Her brother Heinz Arendt and her son Rainer Jacob, born in 1946, were both Olympic swimmers, and Heinz swam alongside her at the 1936 Games.