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Full name | Louis de Breda Handley | |||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Lou" | |||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Rome, Italy | February 14, 1874|||||||||||||||||
Died | December 28, 1956 New York, New York | (aged 82)|||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle, water polo | |||||||||||||||||
Club | New York Athletic Club Member and Coach New York Women's Swimming Association Head Coach | |||||||||||||||||
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Louis de Breda Handley or Luigi de Breda (February 14, 1874 – December 28, 1956) was an Italian-born American freestyle swimmer, water polo player, and coach who coached the Women's Swimming Association of New York and won gold medals in swimming and water polo in the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis.[1]