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'''Georgia V. Coleman''' (January 23, 1912 – September 14, 1940) was an [[United States|American]] [[diving|diver]]. She competed in the 3 m springboard and 10 m platform at the 1928 and 1932 Olympics and won one gold, one bronze and two silver medals. Domestically she collected 11 [[Amateur Athletic Union|AAU]] titles.<ref name=sr/> |
'''Georgia V. Coleman''' (January 23, 1912 – September 14, 1940) was an [[United States|American]] [[diving|diver]]. She competed in the 3 m springboard and 10 m platform at the 1928 and 1932 Olympics and won one gold, one bronze and two silver medals. Domestically she collected 11 [[Amateur Athletic Union|AAU]] titles.<ref name=sr/> |
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At the 1932 Olympics Coleman announced her engagement to the Olympic diver [[Mickey Riley]], but the marriage was cancelled. In 1937 she contracted [[polio]].<ref>[http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/colemang.shtml Biography]. hickoksports.com</ref> She learnt to swim again, but two years later developed [[pneumonia]] as an after effect of the polio, and died at the age of twenty-eight.<ref name=sr/> |
At the 1932 Olympics Coleman announced her engagement to the Olympic diver [[Mickey Riley]], but the marriage was cancelled. In 1937 she contracted [[polio]].<ref>[http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/colemang.shtml Biography] {{webarchive|url=http://webarchive.loc.gov/all/20020223165357/http://www.hickoksports.com/biograph/colemang.shtml |date=February 23, 2002 }}. hickoksports.com</ref> She learnt to swim again, but two years later developed [[pneumonia]] as an after effect of the polio, and died at the age of twenty-eight.<ref name=sr/> |
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Born | January 23, 1912 St. Maries, Idaho, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Died | September 14, 1940 (aged 28) Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Diving | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Los Angeles Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Georgia V. Coleman (January 23, 1912 – September 14, 1940) was an American diver. She competed in the 3 m springboard and 10 m platform at the 1928 and 1932 Olympics and won one gold, one bronze and two silver medals. Domestically she collected 11 AAU titles.[1]
At the 1932 Olympics Coleman announced her engagement to the Olympic diver Mickey Riley, but the marriage was cancelled. In 1937 she contracted polio.[2] She learnt to swim again, but two years later developed pneumonia as an after effect of the polio, and died at the age of twenty-eight.[1]
References
- ^ a b Georgia Coleman. sports-reference.com
- ^ Biography Archived February 23, 2002, at the Library of Congress Web Archives. hickoksports.com
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- 1912 births
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- American female divers
- Olympic divers of the United States
- Divers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States in diving
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in diving
- Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in diving
- People with poliomyelitis
- American people with disabilities
- International Swimming Hall of Fame inductees
- Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- People from St. Maries, Idaho
- American diving (sport) biography stubs
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