 Alfred Guth in 1934 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1908-07-27)27 July 1908 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 November 1996(1996-11-13) (aged 88) Los Angeles, California, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Modern pentathlon, swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Hakoah, Vienna | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Alfred Guth (27 July 1908 – 13 November 1996) was an Austrian water polo player, swimmer, andmodern pentathlete. At the1932 Maccabiah Games inMandatory Palestine, in swimming he won a gold medal and two silver medals. He competed at the1936 Summer Olympics, coming in 33rd in modern pentathlon. AHolocaust survivor, he emigrated to the United States after WWII, competed inMasters swimming, and established 41U.S. Masters Swimming age-group records.
In 1924 and 1925, swimming for the Jewish sports clubHakoah Vienna, Guth won theQuer Durch Wien (“Across Vienna”) 7.5 km race in theDanube.[2][3]
Guth competed for Austria at the 1927Men's Water Polo European Championship inBologna, Italy, in which the team came in 6th.[4]
Guth competed in swimming at the1932 Maccabiah Games inMandatory Palestine.[5] He won a gold medal in the 1,500m freestyle, a silver medal in the 400m freestyle, and a silver medal as part of Team Austria in the4 × 200 m freestyle.[5]
He competed at the1936 Summer Olympics, coming in 33rd inmodern pentathlon.[6][7] Guth placed highest in swimming, where he came in 5th, ahead of all three medalists.[8]
Guth was aHolocaust survivor, and emigrated to the United States.[9]
In the US, Guth lived inSan Pedro, California, and competed inMasters swimming.[10][11] He established 28 individual and 13 relayU.S. Masters Swimming age-group records between 1972 and 1987.[12] He was a MastersAll American in 1974 and 1977 (65–69), 1978–79 and 1981-83 (70–74), 1983-87 (75–79), and 1988-89 (80–84).[11]
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