Nan Gindele, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Nan Gindele

American javelin thrower

Date of Birth: 05-Aug-1910

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Date of Death: 26-Mar-1992

Profession: javelin thrower

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Nan Gindele Bauman (August 5, 1910 – March 26, 1992) was an American athlete, excelling in basketball, softball, and track and field.
She set the world record in javelin in 1932, which was not broken until six years later.
She competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics, the first year that javelin was a women's event at the Olympics.
Gindele played on the first two national champion women's softball teams, the Great Northern Laundry team of 1933 and the Hart Motors Girls in 1934.
In basketball, she competed throughout the 1930s on many of the top women amateur teams.