Jane Fauntz Manske competed for the United States at the 1928 and 1932 Olympics, winning a bronze medal at the ’32 Los Angeles Games in the three-meter springboard dive. She competed in the ’28 Amsterdam Games in the 100-meter breaststroke at the age of 17, where she was eliminated in the semifinals. Fauntz Manske attended Hyde High School in Chicago but was unable to compete in high school swimming competitions because of a ban on female interscholastic athletics. She would swim and dive for the Illinois Women’s Athletic Club during her competitive career. In March 1928, Fauntz Manske set new world records in the 100-yard breaststroke (1:20.3) and 100- meter breaststroke (1:29.3) at a dual meet against a Canadian team, this happening about six months after being hit by a car and severely injuring the radial nerve in her right arm. At the AAU swimming indoor national championships in Chicago in 1929, Fauntz Manske won two national titles within the space of one half-hour, winning the one-meter springboard and 100-meter breaststroke titles. After her Olympic experience, Fauntz Manske built a considerable professional career as a swimming show entertainer and was one of the first female athletes to appear on the Wheaties cereal box. Manske graduated from Illinois in 1932 with a degree in art education. She died at the age of 78 in 1989. In 1991, Fauntz Manske was posthumously inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.