Inge Sørensen

Inge Sørensen took an education in instructing and coaching in 1946 and afterwards taught gymnastics and swimming. After being married in 1948 to Danish engineer Janus Tabur, she followed him to South Africa and later Canada and from 1951 United States. She lived in New Jersey until her death in 2011.

Nevertheless, World War II meant that the Summer Olympics in 1940 and 1944 were cancelled together with the European Championships in 1942. This made her end her swimming career in 1944.

The period 1939-1941 was the height of her career. In 1939 she broke the world record on 400 m and 500 m breaststroke and in 1941 she became the first Danish female swimmer under 3 minutes on 200 m breaststroke.

During 1936-1944 she won nine Danish championships, two Nordic championships and one European championship. She set 14 Danish records in breaststroke. She also broke the world record on 400 m and 500 m breaststroke and became the first Danish female swimmer under 3 minutes on 200 m breaststroke.

Between 1936 and 1938 Inge Sørensen improved her times in swimming though it was feared that puberty would slow her down. At the European championships in swimming in London 1938 she won a gold medal in 200 m breaststroke.

Inge Sørensen (18 July 1924 – 9 March 2011), later Inge Tabur, sometimes known as "Lille henrivende Inge" ("Little Lovely Inge") was a Danish swimmer, who at age 12 won a bronze medal in 200 meter breaststroke at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. This makes her the youngest Olympic medal winner in an individual competition.

Inge Sørensen was born in Skovshoved, Denmark, the daughter of a fishmonger in 1924. She began swimming at age 3 in the harbor of Skovshoved north of Copenhagen and won her first Danish championship age 11 in 1936 on 200 m breaststroke. Because of this she was selected for the Olympic Games in Berlin the same year.