Inge Sørensen
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Inge Sørensen (18 July 1924 – 9 March 2011), later Inge Tabur, sometimes known as "Lille henrivende Inge" ("Little Lovely Inge") was a Danish swimmer, who at age 12 won a bronze medal in 200 meter breaststroke at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. This makes her the youngest Olympic medal winner in an individual competition.
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Born | 18 July 1924 Skovshoved, Denmark | |||||||||||||||||
Died | 3 March 2011 (age 86) New Jersey, USA | |||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
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During 1936-1944 she won nine Danish championships, two Nordic championships and one European championship.[1] She set 14 Danish records in breaststroke.[2] She also broke the world record on 400 m and 500 m breaststroke and became the first Danish female swimmer under 3 minutes on 200 m breaststroke.
Her swimming career was cut short by World War II. After the war she married a Danish engineer and moved abroad eventually residing in USA.