Ruth Halbsguth (9 December 1916 – 12 October 2003) was a German

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

who competed in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...

. She was born in

Eckernförde Eckernförde (; , sometimes also ; , sometimes also ) is a city located in the of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. Situated on the coast of the Baltic Sea, approximately 30 km north-west of Kiel, it has a populat ...

. In the 1936 Olympics she won a silver medal in the Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay event.

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1916 births 2003 deaths People from Eckernförde Olympic swimmers for Germany Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Germany German female freestyle swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming Swimmers from Schleswig-Holstein 20th-century German sportswomen {{Germany-swimming-Olympic-medalist-stub