Gisela Jacob (née Gisela Arendt; 5 November 1918 – 18 February 1969) was a German swimmer who won three medals at the 1934 European Aquatics Championships and two medals at the 1936 Summer Olympics. She also competed at the 1952 Olympics and finished seventh in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay. She won eight national titles in the 100 m freestyle (1933–1937, 1939, 1949) and 100 m backstroke (1934), competing as Arendt before World War II and as Jacob after the war. Her brother, Heinz Arendt, and son, Rainer Jacob, (b. 1946) were both Olympics swimmers, and Heinz competed alongside Gisela at the 1936 Olympics. References 1918 births 1969 deaths German female swimmers German female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers of Germany Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Olympic bronze medalists in swimming German female backstroke swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics Swimmers from Berlin Olympic silver medalists in swimming 20th-century German women