Simone Schaller
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
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]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
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]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
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]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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- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 2.0 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
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- ↑ Babcock. "Injuries May Keep Simone Schaller, Feminine American Track Star, Out of Olympics", Los Angeles Times, July 24, 1932, pp. E2.
- ↑ Tchir (September 27, 2019). Last Survivors of Early Olympic Games, Part III. OlympStats. Retrieved on June 27, 2024.