Background
She was Jewish, and was born in Vienna.
She was Jewish, and was born in Vienna.
Also she is the youngest female Austrian Summer Olympics medalist ever at the age of 16 years and 152 days. She also participated in the 100 metre freestyle competition but was eliminated in the first round. Twelve years later she was eliminated in the first round of the 10 metre platform diving event.
On 15 July 1912, she lined up with her team-mates against three other countries to compete in the 4 × 100 m freestyle.
Although well beaten by Great Britain and Germany they held off Sweden and came away with the bronze medal. Twelve years later she returned to the Olympic scene at the 1924 Summer Olympics to compete in the 10 metre platform diving event, she finished 4th in her pool and failed to qualify for the final and also ending her Olympic career.
100 meter freestyle (1915, 1921-1924)
300 meter freestyle (1915-1916, 1918, 1921)
400 meter freestyle (1922-1924)
Diving (1915).
Adler won the bronze medal in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay event, becoming the first Austrian woman to win an Olympic medal together with her teammates Klara Milch, Josephine Sticker and Berta Zahourek. Aged just 16 she competed at the 1912 Summer Olympics in three events, firstly she was in the 100 metre freestyle competition, where she finished 4th out of 6 in her heat and failing to qualify, her heat was won by Fanny Durack who broke the Olympic record.
