Ethel Lackie's Birth Card: The 2 of Spades

In the record

Ethel Minnie Lackie (February 10, 1907 – December 15, 1979), also known by her married name Ethel Watkins, was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and world record-holder. The birth-card coordinate for February 10 is the 2 of Spades — a calendar position, not a forecast of Ethel Lackie's 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming.

Summer Olympic gold record

Wikidata records 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming for United States across 1924. Only Summer Games gold medals count here. Winter-only careers and single-gold athletes are out of this pack. The medal list is a public award record for Ethel Lackie (Q442385), not a reading of character. 1924 1924 Summer Olympics: gold in 1924 Summer Olympics in Q212434. 1924: gold in swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics – women's 100 metre freestyle in competitive swimming. 1924: gold in swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics – women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay in competitive swimming.

• 1924 1924 Summer Olympics — 1924 Summer Olympics (Q212434)
• 1924 swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics – women's 100 metre freestyle (competitive swimming)
• 1924 swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics – women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay (competitive swimming)

The 2 of Spades coordinate

Ethel Lackie was born February 10 (1907-02-10). Month 2 and day 10 give solar value 41, which is the 2 of Spades (The Skeptical Partner). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1907 is unused. The 2 of Spades does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on Ethel Lackie for United States. Quoted system copy for the 2 of Spades, not a biography of Ethel Lackie: You hold two pressures at once and still make a call that can live in the world. You naturally question any belief or claim. Your thinking is balanced between perspectives. You see multiple sides of truth.

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Ethel Lackie in the public record

Lackie was born in Chicago, Illinois on February 10, 1907, to Mr. and Mrs. Lester E. Lackie, a highly competent swimmer who insisted that his daughter Ethel begin swimming by the age of three. She attended high school at University High in the Hyde Park community of Chicago. Ethel represented the Illinois Athletic Club in competition, under Hall of Fame Coach Bill Bachrach and was the first woman to break 60 seconds for the 100y freestyle and the first to clock 1:10.0 for the 100m freestyle. Bachrach coached many swimming legends. Among those who also won medals in the 1924 Paris Olympics were Johnny Weissmuller of Tarzan movie fame, Bob Skelton, Arne Borg, and Sybil Bauer. Lackie set several American and world records.

Summarised from the lead section of the Wikipedia article Ethel Lackie (CC BY-SA 4.0). No biographical facts were written for this page beyond that article.

Where the record meets the 2 of Spades

A card is a calendar coordinate, not a cause. What follows sets one line of the card's own published language beside one sentence of the sourced record, paired by a documented rule. It is a resemblance offered for the reader to weigh — not a claim about Ethel Lackie, and not a forecast of a gold medal.

You hold two pressures at once and still make a call that can live in the world.

Ethel Minnie Lackie (February 10, 1907 – December 15, 1979), also known by her married name Ethel Watkins, was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and world record-holder.

Paired on shared wording: holder, world.

Also on the record

1. As referenced in the following section, Lackie set a world record of 1:10.0 for the 100-meter freestyle on 28 January 1926, that held until August 7, 1929.
2. The combined time of 4:58.8 for swimming on the gold medal 4×100 m freestyle relay team at the 1924 Paris Olympics was set on July 20, 1924 and held until August 9, 1928.

Other multi-gold Summer Olympians with this card

• Mark Spitz — 11 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
• Johnny Weissmuller — 7 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming, water polo
• Morris Fisher — 5 Summer Olympic gold medals in shooting sports
• Rica Reinisch — 3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming
• Dino Urbani — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in fencing
• Tina Thompson — 2 Summer Olympic gold medals in basketball

FAQ

What is Ethel Lackie's birth card?

The 2 of Spades. February 10 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Ethel Lackie's year of birth is not used.

Does a birth card predict Olympic medals?

No. These pages are coordinates, not fortune-telling. A birth card names a calendar day in a 52-card year. It does not forecast races, medals, character, or fate.

Where do Ethel Lackie's dates and medals come from?

Birth date 1907-02-10 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Ethel Lackie, verified against Wikidata P569 (CC0, day precision, Gregorian preferred). The two sources match. Year-only infoboxes and Wikipedia↔Wikidata conflicts are dropped, not guessed. Medal count (3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming) comes from Wikidata P1344 event claims with P166 Olympic gold, limited to Summer Games. Page hooks and evidence come from the Wikipedia REST summary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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