The first diver to sweep the gold medals in two Olympics, she won 26 national championships in a career that ended when she was still in her 20s.
Category: Olympic Games (1952)
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Bob Richards, Pole-Vaulting Hero of the Cold War Era, Dies at 97
An ordained minister known as the Vaulting Vicar, he was an Olympic gold medal winner and the first athlete to appear on the front of Wheaties boxes.