Sybil Bauer

Sybil Bauer
Bauer in 1922
Personal information
Full nameSybil Lorina Bauer
National teamUnited States
Born(1903-09-18)September 18, 1903
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
DiedJanuary 31, 1927(1927-01-31) (aged 23)
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke
ClubIllinois Athletic Club[1](IAC)
College teamNorthwestern University
Intramural Competition
CoachBill Bachrach (IAC)
Medal record
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1924 Paris 100 m backstroke

Sybil Lorina Bauer (September 18, 1903 – January 31, 1927) was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder.[2] She represented the United States at the 1924 Summer Olympics, where she won the gold medal in the 100-meter backstroke in world record time.[1]

Bauer was born one of four siblings on September 18, 1903 in Chicago, Illinois, to Carl and Johanna Torgerson Bauer, the daughter of Norwegian immigrant parents. She learned to swim at Loon Lake where her parents had a summer home. She later graduated from Chicago's Schurz High School in 1922.[1][3]

Beginning in her mid to late teens, Bauer competed and trained with the Illinois Athletic Club (IAC) under Hall of Fame Coach William Bachrach.[4] At AAU competition in Chicago in 1922, while swimming for the (IAC), Bauer set backstroke records in the 100-yard open water event of 1:16 on August 27, and swam the 100-meter backstroke in 1:16.4 in indoor competition with 4 turns on April 7. In the 150-yard event she swam another 1922 record of 2:06.2 on November 21.[5]

During a 1922 meet in Bermuda, she became the first woman to break a men's record,[6] finishing the 440-yard backstroke in a time of 6:24.4 (about four seconds ahead of the old mark). However, that record was unofficial, since it took place at an unsanctioned contest.[1]

Northwestern

She attended Northwestern University in nearby Evanston, Illinois from 1924-1926, swimming intramurals, though she died in her Senior year. When she attended Northwestern, intercollegiate varsity women’s sports teams did not yet exist for women. The Women’s Athletic Association offered only intramural competition. In an intramural meet during her time at Northwestern, she helped the sophomore women’s swimming team defeat the junior and senior team in the WAA interclass swimming competition. Not surprisingly, she won each of the races she swam, and broke Northwestern's Patten Gym record in a relay.[7] While at Northwestern, she served on the student council, was president and active in the Women's Athletic Association, and in addition to swimming, participated in basketball and field hockey.[8] Prior to and during her time at Northwester 1921 to 1926, she set 23 world records in women's swimming, mostly in backstroke events. [9][1][10]

1924 Paris Olympic gold

At the 1924 Olympic trials in Briarcliff Manor, New York, Bauer outswam nine competitors breaking the record in the 100-meter backstroke with a time of 1:22.6, which bettered her own record by over three seconds. She sailed to Europe on the America bound for Paris.[11][12]

Bauer represented the United States at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris in mid-July, the first Olympics to include a women's backstroke event. As a heavy favorite, Bauer won the gold medal in the women's 100-meter backstroke. In the finals, she finished with a time of 1:23.2, another world record, and four seconds ahead of silver medalist Phyllis Harding.[1][10]

In her career, from 1921-1926, Bauer won six consecutive National AAU 100-yard backstroke championships, and won the National Championships in the 100 meter, 150 yard, and 220 yard backstroke events. She also swam as part of a world record and national champion freestyle relay. Most notably, at one time she held all the records for the existing women's backstroke events.[10]

Bauer was engaged to future television host Ed Sullivan and the couple were planning a June 1926 wedding, but she died of cancer during her senior year of college at the age of 23. Her early death may have partly been brought on by a fall from a touring car in a parade following her last championship in St. Augustine, Florida. Prior to her passing, she spent three months at Chicago area's Michael Reese hospital suffering from what was diagnosed as an intestinal infection.[10][1][13][14] Services were held at Chicago's First Lutheran Church, and her funeral was well attended by members of her sorority Gamma Phi Betta.[15] She is buried at Mount Olive Cemetery in Chicago.[10][15]

Honors

She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer" in 1967, and the Northwestern University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1984.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sybil Bauer". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020.
  2. ^ "Sybil Bauer". Olympedia. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
  3. ^ "Schurz Sports Hall of Fame". Schurz High School. Archived from the original on April 15, 2013. Retrieved January 25, 2010.
  4. ^ "Bachrach Coached Champion Swimmer", New Britain Herald, New Britain, Connecticut, 7 November 1922, pg. 12
  5. ^ "Sybil Bauer and Aileen Riggin Set New Marks", Portland Press Herald, Portland, Washington, 5 July 1922, pg. 6
  6. ^ Sisson, Richard; Zacher, Christian K.; Cayton, Andrew R. L. (2007). The American Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34886-9. p. 901
  7. ^ "Warren Peter, June 15, 2020, Northwestern Sports Time Machine: Sybil Bauer, 1924". dailynortwestern.com. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  8. ^ "Nortwestern University Sports, Sybil Bauer". nusports.com. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  9. ^ Sisson, Richard; Zacher, Christian K.; Cayton, Andrew R. L. (2007). The American Midwest: An Interpretive Encyclopedia. Bloomington, Ind.: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-34886-9. p. 901
  10. ^ a b c d e Sybil Bauer (USA). International Swimming Hall of Fame
  11. ^ "Sybil Bauer Wins Trip to Olympics", Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, 9 June 1924, pg. 19
  12. ^ "Becque, Fran, March 20, 2022, Sybil Bauer, Gamma Phi Beta, Notable Women". franbecque.com. Retrieved December 25, 2024.
  13. ^ "Milestones: Feb. 14, 1927". Time. February 14, 1927. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
  14. ^ "Friends Mourn Sybil Bauer", Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, 3 February 1927, pg. 12
  15. ^ a b "Obituaries, Sybil Bauer", Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Illinois, 2 February 1927, pg. 24
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