Patricia McCormick

Updated：2008-07-08 11:16 | Source：beijing2008.cn

　　Melbourne December 1956, Games of the XVI Olympiad: Patricia MCCORMICK of the United States performs in the 3m springboard diving. As in 1952 in Helsinki, she won both the springboard and platform events of this Olympiad. Credit: IOC Olympic Museum Collections

　　Other names: MAC CORMICK, Patricia

　　MACCORMICK, Patricia

　　MC CORMICK, Patricia

　　MCCORMICK, Patricia Joan

　　MCCORMICK, Pat

　　Born: 12 May 1930

　　Birthplace: Seal Beach (United States)

　　Nationality: United States

　　Sport: Aquatics

　　ATTENDANCE AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES

　　Helsinki 1952

　　Melbourne / Stockholm 1956

　　AWARDS

　　Olympic medals:

　　Gold: 4

　　Double Double Diver

　　Patricia McCormick won both the springboard and the platform diving events at both the 1952 and the 1956 Olympics. Her double-double Olympic diving victories have been matched only by Greg Louganis among the men. McCormick‘s second double victory at Melbourne came only eight months after the birth of her son. McCormick continued training throughout her pregnancy and swam 800 metres a day until two days before childbirth. Her margin of victory in the 1956 springboard, 142.36 to 125.89 (more than 16 points) for fellow American Jeanne Stunyo, remains the most impressive in the history of Olympic diving. McCormick‘s husband McCormick was the AAU champion on the platform in 1950-51 and her daughter, Kelly, competed for the United States at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, winning a silver medal in 1984 and a bronze medal in 1988, both on the springboard.

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