Paula Jean Myers-Pope
 Myers-Pope with husband Karl Pope | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Paula Jean Myers |
| Born | November 11, 1934 La Verne, California, U.S.[1] |
| Died | June 9, 1995 (aged 60) Ojai, California, U.S. |
| Sport | |
| Country | United States |
| Sport | Diving |
| Event(s) | Platform, 3m |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Olympic finals | 3 time US Olympic Women's Diving Team Member |
Medal record | |
Paula Jean Myers-Pope (November 11, 1934 – June 9, 1995) was an American diver and Olympic medallist.[2]
Life and career
Born in La Verne, California, Myers-Pope was a member of the USA Olympic Diving Team three times.[1] At 17 years of age, Paula Jean Myers won a silver medal in the 10 meter tower event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, a bronze medal in the same event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, and two silver medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, one in the 3 meter springboard event and one in the 10M tower.[2] She won two gold medals at the 1959 Pan American Games, in both platform and springboard.[3] She has been inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.[3]
Myers-Pope attended Ohio State University in the mid 1950s, and ultimately graduated with a degree in dental hygiene from the University of Southern California and became a dental hygienist.[1] She married Karl Pope (a USC basketball player) in 1958.[3] The couple had two sons and three daughters.[1] In 1984 she retired from her career in dental hygiene, and proceeded to co-operate a family owned business, the Ojai Valley Racquet Club, with her husband in Ojai, California.[1] She died at the age of 60 in 1995.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Paula Jean Myers Pope; Olympic Medalist". Los Angeles Times. June 13, 1995. p. EVB4.
- ^ a b "Paula Jean Myers-Pope". Olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
- ^ a b c "Paula Jean Myers Pope (USA). 1979 Honor Diver". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on August 4, 2019. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
External links
Media related to Paula Pope at Wikimedia Commons
- 1934 births
- 1995 deaths
- American female divers
- Divers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 1959 Pan American Games
- Divers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- University of Southern California alumni
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in diving
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in diving
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States
- Pan American Games medalists in diving
- People from La Verne, California
- Sportspeople from Los Angeles County, California
- Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games
- 20th-century American women
- Dental hygienists