Knud Gleie Explained

Knud Gleie
Birth Date:15 March 1935
Birth Place:Gladsaxe, Denmark
Death Place:Frederiksberg, Denmark

Knud Gleie (15 March 1935  - 21 January 2010) was a Danish swimmer. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1956 Summer Olympics in the 200 meter breaststroke.[1]

In 1953, the breaststroke was bifurcated into what is now known as the breaststroke and the butterfly strokes. FINA set a standard of time of 2:38 for the 200m breaststroke world mark. Gleie was the first inside that mark with a time of 2:37.4 on 14 February 1953.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Knud Gleie Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418083757/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gl/knud-gleie-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 27 September 2016.
  2. Web site: How History Backs Kitajima's Theory . swimnews.com . Craig . Lord .