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living fit olympic history
1932 LOS ANGELES
1936 BERLIN
HELENE MADISON
SWIMMING
100-meter freestyle
4-by-100–meter freestyle relay
400-meter freestyle
EDDIE GENUNG
TRACK & FIELD
800 meters
JACK MEDICA
SWIMMING
400-meter freestyle
1,500-meter freestyle
4-by-200–meter freestyle relay
MARY LOU PETTY
SWIMMING
400-meter freestyle
OLIVE MCKEAN
SWIMMING
4-by-100–meter freestyle relay
Also competed in 100-meter freestyle
Ray Daughters, far left, spent his career leading Washington Athletic Club swimmers to their full potential.
Here he is pictured with, from left, Mary Lou Petty, Doris Buckley, Olive McKean, Betty Lea, and Jack
Medica. Petty, McKean, and Medica competed in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, with McKean and Medica
earning medals. Daughters coached the 1936 national women's swim team.
Helene Madison (left) with Willemijntje den Ouden from
the Netherlands and Eleanor Saville of the U.S. during the
1932 Olympic Games. Madison beat out the other two for
gold in the 100-meter freestyle.
