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Eleanor Grace Theresa Holm (December 6, 1912 – January 31, 2004) was an American competition swimmer and Olympic gold medalist. An Olympian in 1928 and 1932, Holm was expelled from the 1936 Summer Olympics team by Avery Brundage under controversial circumstances.
Aug 16, 2018 · Competitive swimmer Eleanor Holm, in her day, was as dominant an athlete as Serena Williams or Katie Ledecky. In 1932, she captured gold in the 100-meter
Feb 2, 2004 · ELEANOR Holm Whalen, an Olympic swimming champion who was expelled from the 1936 Berlin Games in a headline-making drinking episode that brought her a second career as a slightly notorious but...
Eleanor Holm was a champion backstroke swimmer who won a gold medal in 1932 and was kicked off the 1936 team by Avery Brundage. She became a reporter and a nightclub singer in Hollywood, where she married three times and met Hitler.
As a 14-year-old, Eleanor Holm finished fifth in the 100m backstroke in the 1928 Olympics. Four years later she won a gold medal at the Los Angeles Games. She made the Olympic team for a third time in 1936 as a married woman, having married the crooner, Art Jarrett, in 1933.
Jan 31, 2004 · Eleanor Holm was a US swimmer who won a gold medal in the 100m backstroke at the 1932 Olympics. She also appeared in movies, married three times and set several world records in backstroke.
Jun 15, 1992 · Eleanor Holm won a gold medal in the 1932 Olympics and became a nightclub singer and actress. She was kicked off the 1936 team for partying with journalists on the way to Berlin and later appeared in Billy Rose's Aquacade.
