Marjorie Gestring

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Marjorie Gestring, 1936

Marjorie Gestring (born November 18, 1922 in Los Angeles , † April 20, 1992 in Burlingame ) was an American diver . She once took part in the Olympic Games and won a gold medal there.

Career

Marjorie Gestring took part in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin . She had qualified in the trials behind Katherine Rawls to take part in the competition from the three-meter board. In the Olympic competition, however, Gestring won the gold medal ahead of Rawls and the other American starter Dorothy Poynton . At 13 years and 268 days, she was the youngest Olympic champion to date. Between 1936 and 1940, she won eight Amateur Athletic Union titles . In 1948, at the age of 25, Gestring took part in the trials for the 1948 Summer Olympics in London . In fourth place, however, she missed qualifying by one place.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "The great Olympia Lexicon", Sport-Bild from June 19, 1996, p. 40
  2. ^ "Marjorie Gestring, Youngest Olympic Gold Medalist" (with picture). (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on June 6, 2018 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.life.com
personal data
SURNAME Gestring, Marjorie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American diver
DATE OF BIRTH November 18, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH los Angeles
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 1992
Place of death Burlingame