Caroline Smith (diver)
American diver
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Birth name | Caroline Smith | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1906-07-21)July 21, 1906 Cairo, Illinois, United States | ||||||||||||||
Died | November 11, 1994(1994-11-11) (aged 88) Las Vegas, Nevada, United States | ||||||||||||||
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Caroline Smith (later Macias) (July 21, 1906 – November 11, 1994) was an American diver who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.[1]
On the eve of her 18th birthday, July 20, 1924, in Paris, France, Smith won the gold medal in the 10 meter platform competition. She defeated teammate Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston by a half-point in the judges' scoring.[2]
Smith was inducted in the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1988.
References
External links
- Caroline Smith at databaseOlympics.com
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- 1912: Greta Johansson (SWE)
- 1920: Stefanie Clausen (DEN)
- 1924: Caroline Smith (USA)
- 1928: Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston (USA)
- 1932: Dorothy Poynton-Hill (USA)
- 1936: Dorothy Poynton-Hill (USA)
- 1948: Vicki Draves (USA)
- 1952: Pat McCormick (USA)
- 1956: Pat McCormick (USA)
- 1960: Ingrid Krämer (EUA)
- 1964: Lesley Bush (USA)
- 1968: Milena Duchková (TCH)
- 1972: Ulrika Knape (SWE)
- 1976: Elena Vaytsekhovskaya (URS)
- 1980: Martina Jäschke (GDR)
- 1984: Zhou Jihong (CHN)
- 1988: Xu Yanmei (CHN)
- 1992: Fu Mingxia (CHN)
- 1996: Fu Mingxia (CHN)
- 2000: Laura Wilkinson (USA)
- 2004: Chantelle Newbery (AUS)
- 2008: Chen Ruolin (CHN)
- 2012: Chen Ruolin (CHN)
- 2016: Ren Qian (CHN)
- 2020: Quan Hongchan (CHN)
- 2024: Quan Hongchan (CHN)
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