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From 1990 to 1994, King was the president of US Diving, the governing body for US divers, and attended the 1992 Summer Olympics in that capacity. [8] At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, King was again the Olympic team leader for US divers; [ 8 ] she sequestered the team for intensive training at the University of Kentucky facilities before ...
Patricia Joan Keller McCormick (May 12, 1930 – March 7, 2023) was an American competitive diver who won both diving events at two consecutive Summer Olympics, in 1952 and 1956. She won the James E. Sullivan Award for best amateur athlete in the US in 1956 – the second woman to do so, after Ann Curtis.
Marion Charlotte Dale Roper (September 15, 1910 – February 10, 1991) was an American diver who competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics. In the 1932 Olympics she won a bronze medal in the 10 meter platform event at the Los Angeles Olympics. She was born Marion Charlotte Dale, Chicago.
Pat McCormick, famed Seal Beach diver who won gold medals in the sport at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympic Games, has died at the age of 92.
Janna Wendy Wyland, also known by her married name Wendy van der Woude, (November 25, 1964 – September 27, 2003) was a female diver from the United States who won a bronze medal in 10-meter Platform diving at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympics.
Paula Jean Myers-Pope (November 11, 1934 – June 9, 1995) was an American diver and four-time Olympic medalist in three Summer Olympic Games (1952, 1956 and 1960). [1] Paula Pope, Ingrid Kramer and Elizabeth Ferris at the 1960 Olympics
Prior to competing in the 1948 Olympics, Draves won a total of five United States diving championships. [1] Despite not finishing first in either springboard or platform events of the Olympic trials in Detroit, Draves made the team. [10] On August 3, 1948, she won her first springboard title in the London Summer Olympics. [11]
Marjorie Gestring (November 18, 1922 – April 20, 1992) was a competitive springboard diver from the United States.At the age of 13 years and 268 days, she won the gold medal in 3-meter springboard diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, making her at the time the youngest person ever to win an Olympic gold medal.