Al Vande Weghe
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Al Vande Weghe
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Albert Joseph Vande Weghe was an American competition swimmer and Olympic silver medalist. As a 20-year-old high school senior at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, he won the silver medal in the men's 100-meter backstroke. Vande Weghe finished second behind fellow American Adolph Kiefer and recorded a time of 1:07.7. Like Kiefer, Vande Weghe never achieved his full potential as a swimmer after his competition career was interrupted by military service during World War II. He was known
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American swimmer (1916–2002)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Vande_Weghe
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2024-02-12T20:55:34Z
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