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Maria Lenk was born on 15 January, 1915 in São Paulo, Brazil, is a Brazilian swimmer. Discover Maria Lenk's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 92 years old?
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92 years old |
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Capricorn |
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15 January, 1915 |
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15 January |
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São Paulo, Brazil |
| Date of death |
16 April, 2007 |
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
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Brazil
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Maria Lenk Height, Weight & Measurements
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Maria Lenk Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Maria Lenk worth at the age of 92 years old? Maria Lenk’s income source is mostly from being a successful swimmer. She is from Brazil. We have estimated Maria Lenk's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Maria Emma Hulga Lenk (January 15, 1915 – April 16, 2007) was a Brazilian swimmer, the first South American woman to participate in the Summer Olympic Games, in 1932 (Los Angeles).
Born in São Paulo, Maria Lenk was the first Brazilian in history to set a world record in swimming.
She also participated in the 1936 Summer Olympics, in Berlin, where she reached the semifinals of the 200m breaststroke event.
In this occasion, she also became the first woman in the world to swim the Butterfly stroke in an official competition.
At the time, the Butterfly stroke was used as a form of swimming the Breaststroke, and not yet recognized as a separate swimming stroke.
Lenk's account of the event was that at the time she subscribed to a German specialized magazine that ran a story on David Armbruster's and Jack Sieg's work in developing "a new way of swimming the Breaststroke".
She became interested and started practicing the stroke by herself in her training sections.
In 1936, she and Jack Sieg were the only two people that were prepared to use the technique in the Breaststroke events at the Summer Olympics.
On November 8, 1939, in Rio de Janeiro with a time of 2:56.0, she beat Jopie Waalberg's previous record of 2:56.9, for the 200m breaststroke event.
Lenk's goal of winning an Olympic medal was cut short when World War II caused the cancellation of the Games of 1940 and 1944, which would have corresponded to her peak in competitive swimming.
She retired in 1942, but never stopped swimming, focusing on Masters events.
This record lasted almost 5 years, until Nel van Vliet, from the Netherlands broke it on August 17, 1946, with a time of 2:52.6.
In the same year, she also broke the world record for the discontinued category of 400m breaststroke, with a time of 6:15.8.
On April 16, 2007, she was training in the Clube de Regatas do Flamengo's swimming pool when her blood pressure dropped and she suffered a sudden respiratory arrest.
She was taken to Copa D'Or Hospital, in Copacabana, but medical personnel couldn't revive her and she died of cardiac arrest, aged 92.
Before her death, Maria Lenk still swam 1½ kilometres every day, even in her 90s.
At the time of her death, Maria Lenk still held five Master World Records:
