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Diving At The 1920 Summer Olympics
At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, five diving events were contested. The women's 3 metre springboard competition was added to the Olympic programme. The competitions were held from Monday, 22 August 1920 to Monday, 29 August 1920. Medal summary The events are labelled as 3 metre springboard, 10 metre platform and plain high diving by the International Olympic Committee, and appeared on the 1920 Official Report (dated from 1957) as ''plongeons variés'', ''plongeons de haut vol variés'' or ''plongeons ordinaires'', and ''plongeons du tremplin'', respectively.Belgian Olympic Committee, pp. 128-9, 133. The men's high diving and 10 metre platform events included dives from both 10 metre and 5 metre platforms, while the women's 10 metre platform were performed from 8 metre and 4 metre platforms; the springboard events included dives from 3 metre and 1 metre springboards. Men Women Participating nations A total of 53 divers (35 men and 18 women) from 14 nations (men from 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stade Nautique D'Antwerp
Stade Nautique d'Antwerp (Dutch:''Zwemstadion van Antwerpen'') was an aquatics venue located in Antwerp, Belgium. For the 1920 Summer Olympics, it hosted the diving, swimming, and water polo. This was the first structure devoted to the aquatics events for the Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games, also known as the Summer Olympics or the Games of the Olympiad, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inaugural Games took place in 1896 in Athens, then part of the King .... During the swimming events, the water was described as cold and very dark, so much so that the swimmers had to be warmed up after every event. Diving events were held in the middle of the pool, with the divers themselves describing the water as cold and dark. ReferencesSports-reference.com profile of Diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nils Skoglund
Nils "Niklas" Skoglund (15 August 1906 – 1 January 1980) was a Swedish diver who won the silver medal in the plain high diving competition at the 1920 Summer Olympics. He still remains the youngest male Olympian to win a medal in an individual event, at 14 years, 11 days. After the Olympics Skoglund retired from diving and played water polo for his club Stockholms KK. His elder brother Erik competed in swimming at the 1924 Summer Olympics, and the other brother Gunnar Gunnar is a male first name of Nordic origin (''Gunnarr'' in Old Norse). The name Gunnar means fighter, soldier, and attacker, but mostly is referred to by the Viking saying which means Brave and Bold warrior (''gunnr'' "war" and ''arr'' "warrior ... was a film actor. References External links * * 1906 births 1980 deaths Swedish male divers Olympic divers for Sweden Divers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in diving Medalists at the 1920 Summer Ol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Events At The 1920 Summer Olympics
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Diving At The 1920 Summer Olympics
At the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, five diving events were contested. The women's 3 metre springboard competition was added to the Olympic programme. The competitions were held from Monday, 22 August 1920 to Monday, 29 August 1920. Medal summary The events are labelled as 3 metre springboard, 10 metre platform and plain high diving by the International Olympic Committee, and appeared on the 1920 Official Report (dated from 1957) as ''plongeons variés'', ''plongeons de haut vol variés'' or ''plongeons ordinaires'', and ''plongeons du tremplin'', respectively.Belgian Olympic Committee, pp. 128-9, 133. The men's high diving and 10 metre platform events included dives from both 10 metre and 5 metre platforms, while the women's 10 metre platform were performed from 8 metre and 4 metre platforms; the springboard events included dives from 3 metre and 1 metre springboards. Men Women Participating nations A total of 53 divers (35 men and 18 women) from 14 nations (men from 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Olliwier
Eva Viola Elisabet "Ewa" Olliwier (later ''Lundqvist'', 13 January 1904 – 7 August 1955) was a Swedish diver, who won bronze medals in the 10m platform event at the 1920 Summer Olympics and 1927 European Aquatics Championships. At the 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad () and officially branded as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The opening ceremony was held on 5 July, but some competitions had al ..., she finished fourth in the 3 metre springboard competition and failed to reach the final in the platform. References Further reading * External links * 1904 births 1955 deaths Swedish female divers Olympic divers for Sweden Divers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in diving Divers from Stockholm Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Stockholms KK divers Women's World Gam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beatrice Armstrong
Beatrice Eileen Armstrong (11 January 1894 – 12 March 1981) was a British diver who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics and in the 1924 Summer Olympics. She was born in Hendon, Middlesex Middlesex (; abbreviation: Middx) is a Historic counties of England, former county in South East England, now mainly within Greater London. Its boundaries largely followed three rivers: the River Thames, Thames in the south, the River Lea, Le .... In 1920, she won the silver medal in the 10 metre platform competition. Four years later, she was eliminated in the first round of the 10 metre platform event after finishing sixth in her heat. References External links * * 1894 births 1981 deaths British female divers Olympic divers for Great Britain Divers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1924 Summer Olympics English Olympic competitors Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain People from Hendon Sportspeople from the London Borough of Barnet Olympic meda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stefanie Clausen
Anna Stefanie Nanna Fryland Clausen (1 April 1900 – 2 August 1981) was a Danish diver. She was a gold medalist at the 1920 Summer Olympics. Biography Clausen was born on 1 April 1900, the second of four children, and she grew up with her family in Vesterbro, Denmark. In 1915, she joined the Women's Sports Association, and soon began competing in swimming and diving competitions. At the 1920 Summer Olympics, Clausen won the gold medal in the 10 metre platform competition. She died on 2 August 1981. See also * List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame The International Swimming Hall of Fame is a history museum and hall of fame, serving as the central point for the study of the history of swimming in the United States and around the world. List of the members of the International Swimming Hall ... References External links * * 1900 births 1981 deaths Danish female divers Olympic divers for Denmark Divers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thelma Payne
Thelma R. Payne (later ''Sanborn'', July 18, 1896 – September 7, 1988) was an American diver who won the bronze medal in the 3 meter springboard at the 1920 Summer Olympics. She also won the springboard at the AAU Championships in 1918–1920. Payne was AAU national champion in diving in 1918, 1919 and 1920. Biography Thelma Payne was born in Salem, Oregon on July 18, 1896. Her mother, Bertha Payne, was listed as a widow by the 1910 United States Census. She lived in Portland, Oregon with her three daughters and was employed as a real estate stenographer. Bertha Payne was a member of a women's basketball club that played in Oregon and California. In 1908, the city council of Coos Bay, Oregon passed an ordinance that established a bounty on rat carcasses. The first person to claim a bounty from the town marshal was a young Thelma Payne. She was listed working as a switchboard operator in 1911 at the age of 15. In 1912, Payne was indicted on charges of theft. According to a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Wainwright
Helen E. Wainwright (March 15, 1906 – October 8, 1965), also known by her married name Helen Stelling, was a competition diver and swimmer for the Women's Swimming Association of New York, who represented the United States at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, where she won a silver medal in 3-meter springboard diving and in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, where she won a silver medal in the 400-meter freestyle. She remains the only woman to ever win Olympic silver medals in both swimming and diving. Early life Helen Wainwright was born on March 15, 1906, the daughter of John Wainwright, a bricklayer from Lancaster, England, who emigrated to New York in 1888. Women's Swimming Association She was a member of the Women's Swimming Association (WSA) of New York a progressive organization founded by Charlotte Epstein in 1914. The organization was one of the first to advocate for women's membership in the AAU, women's participation in distance rather than just sprint events, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aileen Riggin
Aileen Muriel Riggin (May 2, 1906 – October 17, 2002), also known by her married name Aileen Soule (also Aileen Riggin Soule), was an American competition swimmer and diver. She was Olympic champion in springboard diving in 1920 and U.S. national springboard diving champion from 1923 to 1925. After retiring from competitions, she enjoyed a long and varied career in acting, coaching, writing and journalism. She was a swimming celebrity in Hawaii and the United States and an active ambassador of women's swimming well into old age. Early life Born in Newport, Rhode Island, Riggin learned to swim at the age of six, in Manila Bay in the Philippines where her father, a U.S. Navy paymaster, was stationed. Her family settled in Brooklyn Heights in New York and at the age of eleven she became a charter member of the celebrated Women's Swimming Association (WSA) of New York, founded by Charlotte Epstein in 1917. Her first WSA swimming coach was Louis de B. Handley of the New York Ath ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Jansson
Carl Johan Erik "John" Jansson (18 July 1892 – 10 October 1943) was a Swedish diver, who competed at the 1912, 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad () and officially branded as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The opening ceremony was held on 5 July, but some competitions had al .... In the 1912 Olympics, he won a bronze medal in the plain high diving event, was seventh in the 3 metre springboard, and was eliminated in the 10 metre platform event heats. Eight years later, he won a bronze medal in the plain high diving event and was sixth in the 3 metre springboard. In 1924, he won a silver medal in the plain high diving event. References External links * 1892 births 1943 deaths Swedish male divers Olympic divers for Sweden Divers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arvid Wallman
Arvid Håkan Herbert Carlsson "Fågeln" Wallman (3 February 1901 – 25 October 1982) was a Swedish diver. He competed in the plain high diving event at the 1920 and 1924 Summer Olympics and finished in first and eighth place, respectively. After graduating in 1923 from the Chalmers University of Technology Chalmers University of Technology (, commonly referred to as Chalmers) is a private university, private research university located in Gothenburg, Sweden. Chalmers focuses on engineering and science, but more broadly it also conducts research ..., he worked as a civil engineer. His granddaughter Susanne Wetteskog also became an Olympic diver. References External links * 1901 births 1982 deaths Swedish male divers Olympic divers for Sweden Divers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Sweden Olympic medalists in diving Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Divers from Gothenburg 20th-century Swedish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
