Simone Estelle Schaller Kirin (ọgọọst 22, 1912 - Ọktoba 20, 2016) bụ onye ihe mgbochi America nke gbara asọmpi 80 m n'egwuregwu Olympic abụọ. Ọ debere nke anọ na 1932, ma kpochapụ ya na ọkara nke ikpeazụ na 1936. [1]

O sitere na Connecticut, ọ kwagara California mgbe ọ dị afọ asaa n'ihi ụkwara ume ọkụ nke nna ya. Ọ bụ ezie na ọ na-arụsi ọrụ ike n'egwuregwu n'oge ọ nọ n'ụlọ akwụkwọ, ọ malitere naanị ọnwa atọ tupu ọ pụta na 1932 ma na-ese okwu n'ihe abụọ ọ nọrọ n'egwú Olympic n'oge ahụ. Mgbe olimpiks gachara, ọ lụrụ obere onye egwuregwu baseball na onye na-arụzi ụgbọ ala, Joseph Kirin, wee rụọ ọrụ dị ka onye njikwa nri na ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị Temple City, California. N'oge ọnwụ ya, a na-ewere ya dị ka onye agha Olympic kasị ochie n'ụwa, na onye ikpeazụ so na egwuregwu Olympic nke 1932.

Ndụ mbido

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A mụrụ Schaller na Manchester, Connecticut, nna Switzerland na nne Italian. Ezinụlọ ya hapụrụ Connecticut mgbe Simone dị afọ asaa wee kwaga Monrovia, California, n'ihi ụkwara ume ọkụ nke nna ya. O nwere otu nwanne nwoke, amụrụ na Manchester, na ụmụnne nwanyị abụọ, otu amụrụ na Manhattan na nke ọzọ na California. Nna ya, onye na-arụ ọrụ silk na mbụ, malitere ilekọta ubi oroma. Na Monrovia High School, ọ malitere isonye na egwuregwu, yana volleyball, baseball na basketball. Mgbe ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ, ọ rụrụ ọrụ n'ọfịs ma hazie egwuregwu bọọlụ abalị na egwuregwu softball. Ọ sonyeere ndị otu egwuregwu egwuregwu Los Angeles na 1932 ka o wee nwee ike ịsọ mpi n'òtù egwu egwu wee zute Aileen Allen, onye na-egwu egwuregwu Olympic na 1920, onye gbara ya ume ịgbalị ime otu egwuregwu Olympic wee zụọ ya.[2]

Ọrụ Olimpik

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Schaller mere ndị nnọchi anya America nke 1932 wee sọọ mpi na 1932 Summer Olympics ma mechaa nke anọ na-ese okwu, n'azụ Marjorie Clark. N'oge ahụ, ọtụtụ ndị gwara ya na ha kwenyere na ọ gụchara n'ọnọdụ nke atọ, ma ọ dịghị mgbe ọ chere na ọ bụ eziokwu n'onwe ya ruo mgbe ọ hụrụ foto nke njedebe na 1984.[1]. Ọ malitere ịgba ọsọ naanị ọnwa atọ tupu egwuregwu [2] wee nwee nnukwu mmerụ ahụ n'ikpere otu izu tupu emume ya. [3][4]

Schaller meriri na 100m hurdling nke ụmụ nwanyị na 1933 National Championships na Chicago. Mgbe nke ahụ gasịrị, klọb egwuregwu ya anaghị akwado ndị otu ya ka ha gaa nzukọ ọ bụla, ma e wezụga nke obodo, ya mere ọ nọgidere na-egwu basketball na baseball. N'okwu mbụ, ọ gbara bọọlụ na league nke Amateur Athletic Union na-enyeghị ikike. Mgbe onye nnọchi anya nke nzukọ ahụ kpọtụrụ ya, ọ naghị agba bọọlụ, n'ihi nkwonkwo ụkwụ, ma kwuo na ọ bụ naanị aha ya ka o tinyere na ndepụta iji banye n'egwuregwu ahụ n'efu. N'afọ 1936, klọb ya malitere ịkwado ndị na-eme egwuregwu ya ka ha sọọ mpi mba ọzọ, ọ bụ ezie na ọ chọrọ onyinye iji nwee ike ịga egwuregwu Olimpik nke afọ ahụ. N'ebe ahụ, a chụpụrụ ya ka ọ tinyechara nke anọ na semifinal mgbe oku ọzọ esemokwu gasịrị. Ọ na-etinyebu nke atọ na okpomọkụ ya, mana ndị otu Ịtali mere mkpesa na Claudia Testoni emechaala nke atọ na Schaller na-etinyekwa ọkwa nke anọ, nke pụtara na ọ gaghị eru eru maka ikpeazụ. Mgbe ọ lọtara, onyeisi obodo Fiorello H. La Guardia nyere ya, ya na ndị otu ya igodo New York City.[2]

Ndụ na ọnwụ

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Schaller lụrụ na 1937 nye Joseph Kirin, onye ọrụ ụgbọ ala na onye ọkpụkpọ na obere bọọlụ baseball nke Illinois – Indiana – Iowa wee kwụsị ịsọ mpi egwuregwu, n'agbanyeghị na ọ gara n'ihu na-egwu baseball na softball. Ọ mụrụ ụmụ nwoke abụọ na otu nwa nwanyị ma rụọ ọrụ dịka onye njikwa ọrụ nri na ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị Temple City. N'afọ ndị sochirinụ, ọ malitere ịgba tennis [1] [2] Schaller nwụrụ n'ụlọ na Ọktoba 20, 2016, mgbe ọ dị afọ 104, n'ihi ihe ndị sitere n'okike, wee kwenye na ọ bụ onye mbụ dị ndụ na Olympian.[3] Ọzọkwa, a kwenyere na ọ bụ onye ikpeazụ so na egwuregwu Olympic nke 1932 dị ndụ.[5]

Edensibia

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  1. Gjerde (June 2016). Simone Schaller Bio, Stats, and Results. Olympics. Sports Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved on November 3, 2016.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Hodak (August 1988). An Olympian's Oral History: Simone Schaller Kirin. Los Angeles: LA84 Foundation, 26. Hodak, George A. (August 1988). An Olympian's Oral History: Simone Schaller Kirin (PDF). Los Angeles: LA84 Foundation. p. 26. Kpọpụta njehie: Invalid <ref> tag; name "Oral" defined multiple times with different content
  3. Tricard (July 1996). American women's track and field: a history, 1895 through 1980. McFarland & Company, 179. ISBN 0-7864-0219-9. 
  4. Babcock. "Injuries May Keep Simone Schaller, Feminine American Track Star, Out of Olympics", Los Angeles Times, July 24, 1932, pp. E2.
  5. Tchir (September 27, 2019). Last Survivors of Early Olympic Games, Part III. OlympStats. Retrieved on June 27, 2024.