Knud Gleie

Knud Gleie (15 March 1935 21 January 2010) was a Danish swimmer. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1956 Summer Olympics in the 200 meter breaststroke.[1]

Knud Gleie
Personal information
Born(1935-03-15)15 March 1935
Gladsaxe, Denmark
Died21 January 2010(2010-01-21) (aged 74)
Frederiksberg, Denmark
Sport
SportSwimming

In 1953, the breaststroke was bifurcated into what is now known as the breaststroke and the butterfly strokes. FINA set a standard of time of 2:38 for the 200m breaststroke world mark. Gleie was the first inside that mark with a time of 2:37.4 on 14 February 1953.[2]

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Knud Gleie Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
  2. Lord, Craig. "How History Backs Kitajima's Theory". swimnews.com.
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