Mette Ove-Petersen (15 January 1934 – 17 February 2007) was a Danish swimmer who won a silver medal at the

1950 European Aquatics Championships The 1950 LEN European Aquatics Championships were held 20–27 August 1950 in Vienna, Austria. Medal table Medal summary Diving ;Men's events ;Women's events Swimming ;Men's events ;Women's events Water polo See also *List of Europe ...

in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. She finished fourth in the same event at the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics (, ), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad (, ) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952, were an international multi-sport event held from 19 July to 3 August 1952 in Helsinki, Finland. After Japan declared in ...

; individually, she was eliminated in the preliminaries of the 100 m and 400 m freestyle. Ove-Petersen died on 17 February 2007, at the age of 73.

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1934 births 2007 deaths Danish female swimmers Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Danish female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Denmark European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Swimmers from Copenhagen 20th-century Danish sportswomen {{Denmark-swimming-bio-stub