Bernice Ruth Lapp (September 11, 1917 – September 8, 2010), also known by her married name Bernice Squier, was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. Lapp won a bronze medal as a member of the third-place U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay. Individually, she also competed in the semifinals of the women's 100-meter freestyle.
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Full name | Bernice Ruth Lapp | ||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||
Born | North Plainfield, New Jersey | September 11, 1917||||||||||||||
Died | September 8, 2010 Edison, New Jersey | (aged 92)||||||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||||||
Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||
Club | Newark Women's Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
See also
editExternal links
edit- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bernice Lapp". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- Bernice Lapp's obituary