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Gregory Efthimios Louganis (/ l uː ˈ ɡ eɪ n ɪ s /; [1] born January 29, 1960) is an American Olympic diver who won gold medals at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics on the springboard and platform. He is the only man and the second diver in Olympic history to sweep the diving events in consecutive Olympic Games.
Verdeur was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1966, [37] the La Salle University Athletic Hall of Fame in 1961, [35] North Catholic Hall of Fame in 1991, The Helms Foundation Hall of Fame, the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame in 2005, and the National Polish American Hall of Fame in 2009. [27] He died of cancer in Bala ...
Esther Jane Williams (August 8, 1921 – June 6, 2013) was an American competitive swimmer and actress. She set regional and national records in her late teens on the Los Angeles Athletic Club swim team.
Janet Landgard, who starred in 1968’s “The Swimmer” alongside Burt Lancaster and played Paul Petersen’s love interest for three seasons on “The Donna Reed Show,” has died. She was 75.
Mark Andrew Spitz (born February 10, 1950) is an American former competitive swimmer and nine-time Olympic champion. He was the most successful athlete at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich , winning seven gold medals , each in world-record time.
Adolph Gustav Kiefer (June 27, 1918 – May 5, 2017) [1] was an American competition swimmer, Olympic competitor, the last surviving gold medalist of the 1936 Summer Olympics and former world record-holder.
Susan Kay Pitt (June 18, 1948 – November 22, 2024), also known by her married name Susan Anderson, was an American competition swimmer and world record-holder. She lived with her parents Larry and Kay of Highland Park, New Jersey at the time of competition.
When William Lewis died of cancer at age 60, Lewis placed the gold medal he won for the 100 m in 1984 in his hand to be buried with him. "Don't worry", he told his mother. "I'll get another one." [51] Lewis repeatedly referred to his father as a motivating factor for the 1988 season. "A lot happened to me last year, especially the death of my ...