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Full name | Greta Marie Andersen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Copenhagen, Denmark | 1 May 1927||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 6 February 2023 Solvang, California, U.S. | (aged 95)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 8.5 in (1.740 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 141 lb (64 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Coach | Else Jacobsen, Ingeborg Paul Petersen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Greta Marie Andersen (married names Jeppesen and Sonnichsen and Veress, 1 May 1927 – 6 February 2023) was a Danish swimmer who won a gold and a silver medal in 100 m freestyle events at the 1948 Summer Olympics. In the mid-1950s she moved to the United States, where she set several world records in marathon swimming in the distances up to 50 miles.