Richmond Cavill "Dick" Eve (19 March 1901 – 13 March 1970) was an Australian
diver who competed in the
1924 Summer Olympics
The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...
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He won the gold medal in the plain high diving and finished fifth in the
3 metre springboard event.
[ He was the first Australian Olympic diver to win a gold medal. His brother was Australian sports administrator ]Jim Eve
James Sydney Wallace Eve, MBE (23 October 1899 – 24 August 1978) was an Australian sports administrator and former Honorary Secretary-Treasurer of the Australian Olympic Federation and Australian Brititish Empire & Commonwealth Games Associat ...
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See also
* List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
The International Swimming Hall of Fame
The International Swimming Hall of Fame and Museum (ISHOF) is a history museum and hall of fame, located at One Hall of Fame Drive, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States, operated by private interests an ...
References
External links
Australian Dictionary of Biography entry
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Australian Olympic Committee Profile
1901 births
1970 deaths
Olympic divers of Australia
Divers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Australia
Olympic medalists in diving
Australian male divers
Sport Australia Hall of Fame inductees
People from Manly, New South Wales
Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
20th-century Australian people
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