Inge Sørensen, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Inge Sørensen

Danish swimmer

Date of Birth: 18-Jul-1924

Place of Birth: Gentofte Municipality, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark

Date of Death: 09-Mar-2011

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Inge Sørensen (by birth), Inge Tabur (by marriage) or Lille henrivende Inge (Little Lovely Inge) was born 18 July 1924 in Skovshoved, Denmark, and died 9 March 2011 in New Jersey.
She was a Danish swimmer, who at age 12 won a bronze medal in 200 meter breaststroke at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. 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 on 400 m and 500 m breaststroke and became the first Danish female swimmer under 3 minutes on 200 m 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 USA.