Nan Gindele Bauman was an American athlete, excelling in basketball, softball, and track and field.
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12 Facts About Nan Gindele
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Nan Gindele set the world record in javelin in 1932, which was not broken until six years later.
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Nan Gindele competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics, the first year that javelin was a women's event at the Olympics.
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Nan Gindele attended Carl Schurz High School, graduating in February 1929.
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Nan Gindele trained as a teacher the Chicago Normal School of Physical Education and Northwestern University.
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Nan Gindele was the national title holder for basketball throw from 1933 to 1936.
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Nan Gindele set the javelin world record in 1932, at a meet in Chicago, four weeks before the Olympic trials.
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At the Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in 1932, Nan Gindele placed fifth in javelin; her teammate Mildred Didrikson took the gold medal.
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Nan Gindele competed in the National Track Games in Madison Square Garden in 1933.
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Nan Gindele married a teacher colleague, Milton J Bauman, and had twin sons.
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Nan Gindele Bauman died in 1992, aged 81 years, in Barrington, Illinois.
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