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Helene E. Madison (June 19 1913 – November 27 1970) was an American competition swimmer Olympic champion and former world record-holder. She won three gold medals in freestyle at the 1932 Summer Olympic Games becoming along with Romeo Neri of Italy the most successful athlete there. She was born in Madison Wisconsin.In sixteen months in 1930 and 1931 she broke sixteen world records in various distances.