Lenore Kight Wingard, poolside at the Berlin Olympics

Holder of seven world records, 23 National AAU titles, and 24 American records, Lenore Kight (Wingard) is perhaps best known for a race she did not win. During the 1932 Olympics, gold in the 400m freestyle went to Helen Madison over Kight by a fraction of a second. Kight rebounded, winning every freestyle race she entered in 1933, and adding a bronze Olympic medal in 1936 to the silver she won in ’32. Lenore continued to teach swimming and set Masters’ records into her 80s.