Marie Braun

Marie Braun

Marie Braun at the 1928 Olympics
Medal record
Women's swimming
Competitor for  Netherlands
Olympic Games
Gold	1928 Amsterdam	100 m backstroke
Silver	1928 Amsterdam	400 m freestyle
European Championships
Gold	1927 Bologna	400 m freestyle
Gold	1931 Paris	400 m freestyle
Gold	1931 Paris	100 m backstroke
Gold	1931 Paris	4×100 m freestyle
Silver	1927 Bologna	100 m backstroke
Silver	1927 Bologna	4×100 m freestyle

Maria ("Marie") Johanna Philipsen-Braun (22 June 1911, in Rotterdam – 23 June 1982, in Gouda) was a Dutch swimmer. She won the gold medal in the women's 100 meter backstroke at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Her mother, Ma Braun (1881 – 1956), was coach for the highly successful Dutch women's swimming team at the Olympics in 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948 and 1952.^[1]

In 1980, she became a member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame.

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