Elvi Svendsen
Danish swimmer (1920–2013)
Elvi Svendsen
Born (1920-01-08 ) January 8, 1920Copenhagen , DenmarkDied February 7, 2013(2013-02-07) (aged 93) Sport Swimming
Elvi Svendsen , later Carlsen (January 8, 1920 – February 7, 2013) was a Danish backstroke and freestyle swimmer who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics and in the 1948 Summer Olympics .[ 1]
She was born in Copenhagen . She was the daughter-in-law of Carl Carlsen and the sister-in-law of Inger Carlsen .
In 1936, she was a member of the Danish relay team which finished seventh in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay event . In the 100 metre freestyle competition she was eliminated in the first round.
Twelve years later she helped the Danish relay team to qualify for the final of the 4×100 metre freestyle relay event . The Danish team won the silver medal, but she did not compete in the final and was not awarded with a medal.
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1927: Great Britain (Laverty , Davies , King , Cooper )
1931: Netherlands (Baumeister , Vierdag , den Ouden , Braun )
1934: Netherlands (Selbach , Timmermans , Mastenbroek , den Ouden )
1938: Denmark (Riise , Kraft , Ove-Petersen , Hveger )
1947: Denmark (Svendsen , Harup , Andersen , Nathansen )
1950: Netherlands (Massaar , Termeulen , Linssen-Vaessen , Heijting-Schuhmacher )
1954: Hungary (Gyenge , Sebő , Temes , Szőke )
1958: Netherlands (Schimmel , Lagerberg , Kraan , Gastelaars )
1962: Netherlands (Gastelaars , Lasterie , Terpstra , Tigelaar )
1966: Soviet Union (Sipchenko , Rudenko , Ustinova , Sosnova )
1970: East Germany (Wetzko , Komar , Sehmisch , Schulze )
1974: East Germany (Ender , Franke , Eife , Hübner )
1977: East Germany (Treiber , Wächtler , Priemer , Krause )
1981: East Germany (Meineke , Metschuck , Diers , Link )
1983: East Germany (Otto , Link , Sirch , Meineke )
1985: East Germany (Strauss , König , Stellmach , Friedrich )
1987: East Germany (Stellmach , Friedrich , Otto , Meissner )
1989: East Germany (Meissner , Stellmach , Hunger , Friedrich )
1991: Netherlands (van der Plaats , de Bruijn , Mastenbroek , Brienesse )
1993: Germany (van Almsick , Kielgass , Stellmach , Hunger )
1995: Germany (van Almsick , Osygus , Kielgass , Hunger )
1997: Germany (Meissner , Osygus , Buschschulte , Völker )
1999: Germany (Meissner , Buschschulte , van Almsick , Völker )
2000: Sweden (Jöhncke , Sjöberg , Kammerling , Alshammar )
2002: Germany (Meissner , Dallmann , Völker , van Almsick )
2004: France (Figuès , Couderc , Mongel , Metella )
2006: Germany (Dallmann , Götz , Steffen , Liebs )
2008: Netherlands (Dekker , Kromowidjojo , Heemskerk , Veldhuis )
2010: Germany (Samulski , Lippok , Vitting , Schreiber )
2012: Germany (Steffen , Lippok , Vitting , Schreiber )
2014: Sweden (Coleman , Kuras , Hansson , Sjöström )
2016: Netherlands (van der Meer , Heemskerk , Steenbergen , Kromowidjojo )
2018: France (Wattel , Bonnet , Fabre , Gastaldello )
2020: Great Britain (Hope , Hopkin , Wood , Anderson )
2022: Great Britain (Hope , Hopkin , Harris , Anderson )
2024: Hungary (Senánszky , Ábrahám , Ugrai , Pádár )