Pat McCormick (diver)

Pat McCormick

Personal information
Full name	Patricia Joan McCormick
Born	May 12, 1930 (1930-05-12) (age 86) Seal Beach, California, U.S.
Medal record Women's diving Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1952 Helsinki Springboard 1952 Helsinki Platform 1956 Melbourne Springboard 1956 Melbourne Platform Pan American Games 1951 Buenos Aires Platform 1955 Mexico City Springboard 1955 Mexico City Platform 1951 Buenos Aires Springboard

Patricia Joan "Pat" McCormick (born May 12, 1930 in Seal Beach, California) is a retired female diver from the United States, who won a total number of four gold medals by winning both diving events at two consecutive Summer Olympics (1952 and 1956).

As a child in the 1930s and 1940s she was notable for executing dives that were not allowed in competition for female divers (dives reputed to scare most men) and for practicing off the Los Alamitos Bridge in Long Beach, California Harbor.^[1] She attended Woodrow Wilson Classical High School, Long Beach City College, and California State University, Long Beach.^[2]

Patricia McCormick also appeared on an episode of "To Tell The Truth" dated February 26, 1957.

After the Olympics McCormick did diving tours and was a model for Catalina swimsuits. She served on the Los Angeles 1984 Summer Olympics organizing committee and began a program called "Pat's Champs"—a foundation to help motivate kids to dream big and to set practical ways to succeed.^[3]

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References

• Patricia McCormick at databaseOlympics.com
• "Pat McCormick". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.