Pat McCormick biography

 Pat McCormick biography

Pat McCormick, née Patricia Joan Keller, (born May 12, 1930, Seal Beach, California, U.S.), American diver who was the primary athlete to win gold medals in each the springboard and platform diving occasions at two Olympic Games.

Growing up in Long Beach, California, McCormick established a repute as a daring athlete, performing dives that few males tried and that have been outlawed for girls in worldwide competitors till 1952. In 1949 McCormick gained her first nationwide championship with a victory within the out of doors platform competitors. She dominated the indoor nationwide championships within the springboard and platform occasions in 1951–55 and gained out of doors championships in 1949–51 and 1953–56. At the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, she gained gold medals within the platform competitors and the springboard. Just 5 months after giving start to her son, she certified for the 1956 Games in Melbourne, the place she defended her titles, once more profitable gold medals within the springboard and platform. McCormick was the primary two-time Olympic winner of each diving occasions.

McCormick retired from competitors after the 1956 Games and opened a diving camp. Her daughter, Kelly, was a springboard diver who gained a silver medal on the 1984 Games in Los Angeles and a bronze medal on the 1988 Games in Seoul. In 1965 Pat McCormick was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame, and Kelly McCormick was inducted in 1999.