Diver Pat Mccormick
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.
 McCormick in 1957 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Patricia Joan McCormick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 12, 1930 Seal Beach, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | March 7, 2023 (aged 92) Orange County, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 58 kg (128 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Diving | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Los Angeles Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As a child in the 1930s and 1940s she was notable for executing dives that were not allowed in competition for female divers (dives reputed to scare most men) and for practicing off the Los Alamitos Bridge in Long Beach, California Harbor. She attended Woodrow Wilson Classical High School, Long Beach City College, and California State University, Long Beach.
After the Olympics McCormick did diving tours and was a model for Catalina swimwear. She served on the Los Angeles 1984 Summer Olympics organizing committee and began a program called "Pat's Champs"—a foundation to help motivate kids to dream big and to set practical ways to succeed. McCormick's husband, Glenn, was a diving coach for her, as well as for other Olympic diving medalists. They divorced after 24 years of marriage. He died in 1995. They had two children, Tim, born in 1956, just five months before McCormick won two gold medals at the Melbourne Olympics, and Kelly (born 1960), who won two Olympic medals (silver, bronze) in diving. McCormick once appeared on an episode of To Tell the Truth in 1957 (she appeared as an imposter) and on an episode of You Bet Your Life (#58-28, aired April 2, 1959).
McCormick died in Orange County, California, on March 7, 2023, at the age of 92.
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References
External links
Media related to Pat McCormick (diver) at Wiki Commons- Pat McCormick at the Team USA Hall of Fame (archive June 5, 2023)
- Pat McCormick at Olympedia
- Patricia McCormick at Olympics.com
- Patricia McCormick at Olympic.org (archived)
- Patricia McCormick at databaseOlympics.com (archived)
- Pat McCormick at IMDb
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