Wilhelmina von Bremen
{{short description|American sprinter}}
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|birth_date= August 13, 1909
|birth_place= San Francisco, California, United States
|death_date=July 16, 1976 (aged 66)
|death_place= Alameda, California, United States
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|sport=Sprint running
|club=Western Women's Club, San Francisco
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{{MedalSport |Women's athletics}}
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{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games}}
{{MedalGold| 1932 Los Angeles | 4 × 100 m relay}}
{{MedalBronze|1932 Los Angeles | 100 meters}}
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Wilhelmina "Billie" von Bremen (August 13, 1909 – July 16, 1976) was an American sprint runner. At the 1932 Summer Olympics, she won an individual bronze medal in the 100 meters and a gold medal in the 4 × 100 meters relay.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417173347/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vo/billie-von-bremen-1.html Billie von Bremen]. sports-reference.com
Life
Von Bremen graduated from Western College for Women in Ohio and ran for the Western Women's Club in her home city. She came second in the AAU meet in 1932 to Ethel Harrington. However Harrington was not meant to run and therefore von Bremen was declared the winner.
In the first heat Marie Dollinger broke the 100 metres Olympic record with a time of 12.2 seconds.Mallon, Bill (2012). [http://www.trackandfieldnews.com/images/stories/tfn_pdfs/2012_athletics_stats5.pdf TRACK & FIELD ATHLETICS – OLYMPIC RECORD PROGRESSIONS]. Track and Field News. Retrieved on 2014-02-04. This time was immediately improved by Stanisława Walasiewicz, who also set a world record.[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417172601/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1932/ATH/womens-100-metres-round-one.html Athletics at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's 100 metres Round One]. Sports Reference. Von Bremen ran 12.0 seconds in the final to take the bronze.
She soon joined with teammates Mary Carew, Evelyn Furtsch and Annette Rogers to win the gold medal in the 4×100 meters in a world record time.
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Category:American people of German descent
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Category:Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in track and field
Category:Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics
Category:USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
Category:Olympic female sprinters
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