Maybelle Reichardt Explained

Birth Date:May 27, 1907
Birth Place:Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Death Date:November 4, 1999 (aged 92)
Death Place:Pasadena, California, U.S.
Height:173 cm
Weight:63 kg
Sport:Athletics
Event:Discus throw
Pb:35.58 m (1928)[1]
Club:Pasadena Athletic and Country Club
Alma Mater:Pasadena City College
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Maybelle Reichardt (later Hopkins, May 27, 1907 – November 4, 1999) was an American discus thrower who won the AAU Championship in 1925 and 1928. In 1928 she also set a national record and placed seventh at the Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Besides athletics, Reichardt won a national basketball title with the Los Angeles Athletic Club in 1926. She later worked as a registered nurse, got married, and had two sons; both sons became college professors.

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  1. http://trackfield.brinkster.net/Profile.asp?ID=2243&Gender=W Maybelle Reichardt