Hilde Schrader, born Hildegard Emma Schrader in Staßfurt on 4 January 1910, was a German breaststroke swimmer who died in Magdeburg in March 1966. She won the 200 metre breaststroke at the 1928 Summer Olympics, and in 1927 she won the same event at the European Championships and a German title in the 100 metre breaststroke. In 1928 she set a world record of 6:46.4 in the 400 metre breaststroke, and in 1929 she set another over 220 yards in 2:57.8, becoming the first woman to swim that distance in under three minutes. After the Second World War she worked as a transport worker at a Magdeburg heavy machinery firm, and in 1994 she was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
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Born 4 January 1910 in Staßfurt, Sachsen-Anhalt GER
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200 metres Breaststroke, Women
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German swimmer Hilde Schrader won the gold medal at the 1928 Olympics in the 200 metre breaststroke. She also won the 1927 European Championships.
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200 metres Breaststroke, Women
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Swimming ( Aquatics)
Competed In: 1928 Summer Olympics, Results, 1928-summer-olympics
1928 Summer Olympics
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