Ludy Langer
![]() Langer, Claire Galligan and Duke Kahanamoku, c. 1920. All three were later inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Ludwig Ernest Frank Langer | ||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1893-01-22)January 22, 1893 Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||||||
Died | July 5, 1984(1984-07-05) (aged 91) Los Angeles, California | ||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 161 lb (73 kg) | ||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
Club | Hui Nalu Club | ||||||||||||||
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Ludwig Ernest Frank Langer (January 22, 1893 – July 5, 1984) was an American competition swimmer who competed in freestyle events.[1] He was one of six Hawaii-based swimmers who competed at the 1920 Summer Olympics and collectively won seven medals. Langer won a silver medal in the 400-meter freestyle, but failed to reach the final of the 1,500-meter freestyle.[2]
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Domestically Langer won the 440-yard, 880-yard and one-mile freestyle events at the 1915 and 1916 Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) championships. He won his seventh AAU title in 1921, beating Johnny Weissmuller in the 440-yard freestyle. By 1916 he held world records over 440-yard, 880-yard and one-mile distances, but could not compete in the Olympics due to World War I.[2]
In 1988 he was posthumously inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.[3]
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