About Inge Sørensen
Inge Sørensen (18 July 1924 – 9 March 2011), later Inge Tabur, sometimes known as "Lille henrivende Inge" ("Little endearing Inge") was a Danish swimmer who at age 12 won a bronze medal in the 200 meter breaststroke at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. This makes her the youngest Olympic medal winner in an individual competition. During 1936-1944 she won nine Danish championships, two Nordic championships and one European championship. She set 14 Danish records in breaststroke. She also broke the world record in the 400m and 500m breaststroke and became the first Danish female swimmer to finish in under 3 minutes in the 200m breaststroke. Her swimming career was cut short by World War II. After the war she married a Danish engineer and moved abroad, eventually residing in the US. She began swimming at age 3 in the harbor of Skovshoved north of Copenhagen and won her first Danish championship aged 11 in 1936 in the 200m breaststroke.
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