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Facts

Also Known As Patricia Joan McCormick • Patricia Joan Keller
Born May 12, 1930 • California
Died March 7, 2023 (aged 92) • Santa Ana • California
Awards And Honors Olympic Games • James E. Sullivan Award (1956)

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Patricia McCormick of the United States Olympic team in a striped swimsuit, tightly tucked mid-dive during the springboard event at the 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games.
Pat McCormick practicing for the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, Finland.
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American diver Greg Louganis smiles with his hands on his hips, wearing two Olympic gold medals around his neck.
Greg Louganis
American diver
Pete Desjardins (left) and Johnny Weissmuller returning to the United States after the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam
Pete Desjardins
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Olympic gold medalist Victoria Draves
Victoria Draves
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Al White
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Diver Sammy Lee is presented with a gold medal at the 1948 Olympics in London
Sammy Lee
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Aileen Riggin, 1922.
Aileen Riggin
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Champion diver Georgia Coleman (center) at the 1932 Olympic Games
Georgia Coleman
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Olympic diving champion Phil Boggs
Phil Boggs
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Fu Mingxia
Fu Mingxia
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Olympic diver Klaus Dibiasi
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Michael Riley Galitzen
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Tracy Caulkins
Tracy Caulkins
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Debbie Meyer
Debbie Meyer
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Wu Minxia
Wu Minxia
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Olympic diver Guo Jingjing
Guo Jingjing
Chinese diver
Shi Tingmao poses with a gold medal for the women's 3-meter springboard event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Shi Tingmao
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Caitlyn Jenner stands at a microphone in a white dress, accepting the Arthur Ashe award for courage at the ESPY Awards, with a colorful blurred background behind her.
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Gertrude Ederle
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