DUTCH GIRL SWIMMER SETS WORLD RECORD
(10 a.m.) THE HAGUE, April 2 Geertie Wieleme bettered the women’s world record for the 200 metres backstroke by covering the distance in 2 minutes 35..'(seconds. Cor Hint another Dutch swimmer, held the record of 2 minutes 38.8 seconds established in 1939.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23219, 3 April 1950, Page 9
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