| Ann Govednik | |
| Fullname: | Ann Barbara Govednik |
| Strokes: | Breaststroke |
| Birth Date: | July 21, 1916 |
| Birth Place: | Chisholm, Minnesota |
| Death Place: | Duluth, Minnesota |
Ann Barbara Govednik (July 21, 1916 – August 6, 1985), also known by her married name Ann Van Steinburg, was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics.
At the age of 11, Govednik was pushed into a pool, apparently almost drowning before her sister Mary came to her rescue. From there she became a proficient swimmer.
As a 16-year-old at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, she finished sixth in the finals of the women's 200-meter breaststroke.[1] Four years later, in Berlin, Germany, Govednik was eliminated in the first round of the 200-meter breaststroke.[2]
In later years, she became the physical education instructor at Washington Junior High School in Duluth, Minnesota. She would die of cancer on August 6, 1985.
She was honored by her home town of Chisholm, Minnesota with the renaming of the junior high swimming pool, as well as, in 1974, declaring the 27 March as "Ann Govednik day".[3] She was inducted into the St. Cloud State University athletic hall of fame in 1984, and the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center Athletic Hall of Fame in 2008[4] [5]