Ann Govednik

Ann Govednik
Personal information
Full name	Ann Barbara Govednik
National team	United States
Born	(1916-07-21)July 21, 1916 Chisholm, Minnesota
Died	August 6, 1985(1985-08-06) (aged 69) Duluth, Minnesota
Sport
Sport	Swimming

Strokes	Breaststroke

Ann Barbara Govednik (July 21, 1916 – August 6, 1985), also known by her married name Ann Van Steinburg, was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1932 Summer Olympics and 1936 Summer Olympics. As a 16-year-old at the 1932 Olympics in Los Angeles, she finished sixth in the finals of the women's 200-meter breaststroke. Four years later at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany, Govednik was eliminated in the first round of the 200-meter breaststroke.

External links

Ann Govednik – Olympic athlete profile at Sports-Reference.com

1932 USA Olympic swimming team

Men's Team	Frank Booth Gordon Chalmers Buster Crabbe Jim Cristy George Fissler Ralph Flanagan Basil Francis James Gilhula John Paulsen Maiola Kalili Manuella Kalili Robert Kerber Edwin Moles Albert Schwartz Raymond Thompson Dan Zehr

Women's Team	Jane Cadwell Helen Johns Norene Forbes Ann Govednik Margaret Hoffman Eleanor Holm Lenore Kight Helene Madison Josephine McKim Joan McSheehy Eleanor Saville

1936 USA Olympic swimming team

Men's Team	Jim Cristy Taylor Drysdale Peter Fick Ralph Flanagan Ralph Gilman John Higgins Arthur Highland Charles Hutter Jack Kasley Ray Kaye Adolph Kiefer Arthur Lindegren John Macionis Jack Medica Al Vande Weghe Paul Wolf

Women's Team	Alice Bridges Iris Cummings Mavis Freeman Ann Govednik Bernice Lapp Olive McKean Edith Motridge Mary Lou Petty Katherine Rawls Elizabeth Ryan Dorothy Schiller Lenore Wingard

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