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[edit]
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[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ 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[edit]
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