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Holm, Eleanor (1913—)American swimmer who won 35 U.S. championships but is most remembered for her dismissal from the 1936 Olympics. Name variations: Eleanor Holm Jarrett. Born Eleanor Grace Holm on December 6, 1913, in Brooklyn, New York; youngest of seven children of Charlotte (Long) and Franklin Holm; married Art Jarrett (a band leader and singer), in 1933 (divorced 1938); married Billy ...
4 de feb. de 2004 · Eleanor Holm Whalen, campeona olímpica de natación expulsada de los Juegos celebrados en Berlín en 1936 por asistir a una fiesta y tomar bebidas alcoh
15 de jun. de 1992 · In 1930 a 17-year-old Brooklyn girl named Eleanor Holm gave up a chance to go on the road with the Ziegfeld Follies so she could dedicate her time to training for the 1932 Summer Olympics. Earlier that year Florenz Ziegfeld, the legendary impresario, had spotted her at a swim meet in California and had been dazzled by her vivacity, smile, hazel ...
16 de ago. de 2018 · Glenn Morris & Eleanor Holm in Tarzan’s Revenge – publicity still. She appeared in the 1938 movie Tarzan’s Revenge, playing alongside 1936 Olympic decathlon champion Glenn Morris, then joined another fellow Olympian, Johnny Weissmuller, doing 39 shows a week in the music, dance, and swimming extravaganza “Aquacade” at the New York World’s Fair of 1939-1940.
To był pierwszy taki skandal w USA. Olimpijska gwiazda "znaleziona" pijana na statku! – Piję szampana, bo... lubię – mówiła o sobie 19-letnia Eleanor Holm po zdobyciu złotego medalu na 100 m stylem grzbietowym w igrzyskach olimpijskich w Los Angeles w 1932 r. Cztery lata później pływaczka, choć była faworytką tej samej ...
10 de ago. de 2021 · The scandalous suspension of Olympic swimmer Eleanor Holm. Kiley Bense. Aug 10, 2021. 5. Fifty years later, Eleanor Holm could still recall the events of July 23rd, 1936 in vivid detail. She would remember that night for the rest of her life—in part because people never stopped asking her about it. Every four years, in the run-up to the next ...
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.
