Marjorie Gestring

Olympic medal record
Women's diving
Competitor for the  United States
Gold	1936 Berlin	3 m springboard

Marjorie Gestring (November 18, 1922 – April 20, 1992) was a competitive springboard diver from the United States who won the gold medal in 3-meter springboard diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany at the age of 13 years, 268 days—the youngest person ever to win an Olympic gold medal.^[1][2]

With the cancellation of the Olympics in 1940 and 1944 due to World War II, Gestring did not get a chance to defend her title, and her comeback attempt for the 1948 Summer Olympics fell short.^[1]

She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1976,^[1] and is a member of the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame.^[3]

Gestring attended Los Angeles High School.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Marjorie Gestring". International Swimming Hall of Fame. http://www.ishof.org/honorees/76/76mgestring.html. Retrieved 2007-05-14. 
2. ^ "Winter & Summer Olympics Miscellaneous Records". databaseOlympics.com. http://www.databaseolympics.com/awards/misc.htm. Retrieved 2007-05-14. 
3. ^ "The Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame". Stanford Department of Athletics. http://gostanford.cstv.com/trads/stan-trads-hof.html. Retrieved 2007-05-14. 

External links

• databaseOlympics

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Name	Gestring, Marjorie
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Date of birth	1922-11-18
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Date of death	1992-04-20
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