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Ethelda Bleibtrey's Birth Card: The Jack of Clubs

3 Summer Olympic gold medals in competitive swimming

Born February 27, 1902

United States

Died May 6, 1978

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A birth card is a calendar coordinate for the month and day. It is not fortune-telling and does not predict an Olympic medal.

In the record

Ethelda Marguerite Bleibtrey (February 27, 1902 – May 6, 1978), also known by her married name Ethelda Schlatke, was an American competition swimmer for the Women's Swimming Association, a three-time world record breaking 1920 Olympic gold medalist, and a former world record-holder in multiple events. The birth-card coordinate for February 27 is the Jack of Clubs — a calendar position, not a forecast of Ethelda Bleibtrey'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 1920. 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 Ethelda Bleibtrey (Q241816), not a reading of character. 1920: gold in swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics – women's 100 metre freestyle in competitive swimming. 1920: gold in swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics – women's 300 metre freestyle in competitive swimming. 1920: gold in swimming at the 1920 Summer Olympics – women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay in competitive swimming.

The Jack of Clubs coordinate

Ethelda Bleibtrey was born February 27 (1902-02-27). Month 2 and day 27 give solar value 24, which is the Jack of Clubs (The Creative Messenger). Card Blueprints treats that as a 365-day coordinate: solar value = 55 − (2 × month + day). The year 1902 is unused. The Jack of Clubs does not predict Olympic results and is not a verdict on Ethelda Bleibtrey for United States. Quoted system copy for the Jack of Clubs, not a biography of Ethelda Bleibtrey: You bring a new angle and stay long enough for someone to test it. You bring new thinking and inspiration. You're the one who shifts how people think about things. You have the gift of the "aha moment."

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Ethelda Bleibtrey in the public record

She was first woman to win three Olympic gold medals. Bleibtrey was born in Waterford, New York, to John and Maggie Bleibtrey. She started swimming to help recover from polio, which she contracted in 1917. Bleibtrey swam for the Women's Swimming Association (WSA) of New York, founded by Charlotte Epstein in 1917, and coached by Louis Handley, a former 1904 Olympic gold medalist in swimming and water polo. Epstein would also manage the 1920 U.S. Women's Olympic swim team when Bleibtrey attended. In 1919, Bleibtrey was arrested for "nude swimming" at Manhattan Beach after removing her stockings at a pool where it was forbidden to bare "the lower female extremities for public bathing." The subsequent public support for Bleibtrey helped lead to the abandonment of stockings as a conventional element in women's swimwear. Charlote Epstein, the manager of Bleibtrey's Women's Swimming Association also campaigned for more practical women's swimsuits, for allowing women to be members of the American Athletic Union, to add more AAU swimming events for women, and to include distance events for women in AAU competition.

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

Where the record meets the 10 of Hearts

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Ethelda Marguerite Bleibtrey (February 27, 1902 – May 6, 1978), also known by her married name Ethelda Schlatke, was an American competition swimmer for the Women's Swimming Association, a three-time world record breaking 1920 Olympic gold medalist, and a former world record-holder in multiple events.

Paired on relationship and feeling — the domain ♥ governs in this system. Markers in the record: married.

Also on the record

  1. Bleibtrey set the first official world record in the 440-yards freestyle on August 16, 1919, in New York, with a time of 6:30.2.
  2. She set a world record in the 100-meter freestyle of 1:13.6 at the August, 1920 Antwerp Olympics.
  3. Bleibtrey was a dominant backstroke swimmer but entered and won gold medals in three freestyle events as there were no women's backstroke events yet offered at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, Belgium.
  4. Several of her 1920 U.S.

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FAQ

What is Ethelda Bleibtrey's birth card?
The Jack of Clubs. February 27 maps to that card through the public Card Blueprints formula. Ethelda Bleibtrey'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 Ethelda Bleibtrey's dates and medals come from?
Birth date 1902-02-27 is the day-precision Wikipedia infobox date for Ethelda Bleibtrey, 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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Sources: Wikidata CC0 (Q241816; P1344 / P166 Olympic gold; P569) + Wikipedia CC BY-SA 4.0 (Ethelda Bleibtrey; infobox match). Birth date 1902-02-27 is the Wikipedia infobox day, verified against Wikidata P569.