Irene Guest

Irene Guest
Personal information
Full name	Irene May Guest
National team	United States
Born	July 22, 1900; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	June 14, 1970 (aged 69); Ocean Gate, New Jersey, U.S.
Height	5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Meadowbrook Club
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing the United States
Olympic Games

Irene May Guest (July 22, 1900 – June 14, 1970), also known by her married name Irene Loog, was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and world record-holder.^[1] She represented the United States as a 19-year-old at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium, where she received a pair of medals.^[2] Guest received her first medal in the women's 100-meter freestyle in which she finished second behind fellow American Ethelda Bleibtrey, earning a silver medal with a time of 1:17.0.^[2]^[3] In the women's 4×100 metres freestyle relay, she won a gold medal with U.S. teammates Bleibtrey, Frances Schroth and Margaret Woodbridge in a new world-record time of 5:11.6.^[2]^[4]

Guest was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "honor pioneer swimmer" in 1990.^[5]

References

^ "Irene Guest". Olympedia. Retrieved September 4, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Irene Guest Archived July 27, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games, Women's 100 metres Freestyle Final Archived November 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, United States Swimming at the 1920 Antwerpen Summer Games Archived November 9, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved November 29, 2012.
^ "Irene Guest (USA)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on April 2, 2015. Retrieved March 17, 2015.