Greta Johansson (9 January 1895 to 28 January 1978) was a Swedish diver and swimmer who competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics. She won the gold medal in the 10 metre platform event, and finished fourth with the Swedish 4 x 100 metre freestyle relay team. She learned to swim and dive at the municipal baths Strombadet, won Swedish titles in 1910 and 1911 and emigrated to the United States in 1913, where she married the Swedish diver Ernst Brandsten. The couple coached divers, swimmers and the water polo team at Stanford University from 1915 to 1948, and she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1973.
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She won the gold medal in the 10 m platform
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