Паула Джин Майерс-Папа
 Майерс-Папа с мужем Карлом Папом | |
| Персональная информация | |
|---|---|
| Имя рода | Паула Джин Майерс |
| Рожденный | 11 ноября 1934 г. La Verne, Калифорния , США [ 1 ] |
| Умер | 9 июня 1995 г. (в возрасте 60 лет) Ojai, Калифорния , США |
| Альма -матер | Средняя школа Ковины [ 2 ] |
| Спорт | |
| Sport | Diving[3] |
| Event(s) | Platform, 3m springboard |
| University team | Ohio State University Buckeyes and University of Southern California Trojans |
| Club | Kappa Alpha Theta and Sammy Lee Swim Club[4] |
| Coached by | Rusty Smith (1948-1951) Lyle Draves (1952-1957) Sammy Lee (1958-1960, 1964)[5][6] |
Medal record | |
Паула Джин Майерс-Папа (11 ноября 1934 года-9 июня 1995 г.) была американским дайвером и четырехкратным олимпийским призером на трех летних Олимпийских играх (1952, 1956 и 1960). [ 1 ]
Образование
[ редактировать ]Майерс родилась и выросла в Ла Верне, штат Калифорния , и училась в средней школе в соседней Ковине , где она была казначеем класса новичков, членом Совета старшего класса, спортивной ассоциации девочек и Калифорнийской федерации. [ 1 ]
Олимпийские игры
[ редактировать ]Майерс-Папа был членом Олимпийской команды по дайвингу США три раза, 1952 , 1956 и 1960 . Она выиграла четыре медали в своих трех поездках на Олимпийские игры. [ 1 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] [ 7 ]
1952 Олимпиада
[ редактировать ]At 17 years of age, Myers won a silver medal in the 10-meter tower event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. Teammate, Pat McCormick won the gold and teammate, Juno Stover-Irwin won the bronze.[5]
1956 Olympics
[edit]Myers won a bronze medal in the same event, 10-metre platform, at the 1956 Summer Olympics, in Melbourne, Australia. Teammate, Pat McCormick won the gold, again, but this time she flip-flopped with teammate, Juno Stover-Irwin, who won the silver medal this time.[5]
1960 Olympics
[edit]Myers-Pope won two silver medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, one in the 3-meter springboard event and one in the 10-meter tower. In both events, Miss Ingrid Krämer from East Germany won the gold medals this year.[4][5][7][8]
1964 Olympic trials
[edit]Myers-Pope had gone into retirement from competitive diving and not been in a pool from the 1960 Olympic Games until April, 1964. At the U.S. Olympic trials, at Astoria Pool, in Queens, New York, in September, 1964, she finished eighth and retired again from competitive diving.[9]
Pan American Games
[edit]Myers-Pope won two gold medals at the 1959 Pan American Games, in both the 10-meter tower and 3-meter springboard for Team USA.[4][5][7]
College years
[edit]Myers first attended Ohio State University in the mid 1950s, graduated with a degree in dental hygiene from the University of Southern California and became a dental hygienist.[1] When Miss Myers entered USC on a leadership scholarship as there were no collegiate women's athletic programs at the time. She was inducted into the Kappa Alpha Theta sorority in 1954. She won 11 AAU Championships.[4]
Racquet club
[edit]In 1984, Myers-Pope retired from her career in dental hygiene, then co-owned and operated the Ojai Valley Racquet Club with her husband in Ojai, California.[1][4][5][7] In 2008, they applied for a major renovation, including a luxury inn, for their Ojai Valley Racquet Club.[10]
Personal life
[edit]Between the 1952 and 1956 Olympics, Myers joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[11] She married Karl Pope (a USC basketball player) in 1958.[5] The couple had two sons and three daughters.[1] She died at the age of 60 in 1995.[1]
Legacy
[edit]Myers-Pope was the first woman to use a double twisting 1 1/2 somersault and inward 2 1/2 somersault in competition off the 10 meter.[5] She was the Los Angeles Times Woman of the Year in 1960,[1][12] and she has been inducted into the following Halls of Fame:
- Class of 1952, Covina High School Hall of Fame [13]
- In 1979, the International Swimming Hall of Fame (ISHOF).[5]
- In 1988, the Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame gave her a "Special Recognition Award".[14]
- In 2007, the University of Southern California Athletic Hall of Fame[12][15]
See also
[edit]- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- List of Latter Day Saints
- Covina High School Hall of Fame
References
[edit]- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i "Paula Jean Myers Pope; Olympic Medalist". Los Angeles Times. June 13, 1995. p. EVB4.
- ^ "Mrs. Paula Jean Myers-Pope | Covina High School | Hall of Fame". www.c-vusd.org. 1952. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
- ^ Jorgensen, Loren (July 18, 1992). "`TRIALS & TRIUMPHS' ISN'T JUST GOLLY-GEE-WHIZ LOOK AT CHAMPS". www.deseret.com. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "Paul Jean MYERS-POPE Biography, Olympic Medals, Records and Age". olympics.com. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j "ISHOF.org | Paula Jean Myers Pope (USA) 1979 Honor Diver". ishof.org. 1979. Archived from the original on August 4, 2019. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
- ^ Smith, David F. (December 3, 2016). "Sammy Lee, 2-time Olympic diving champion, dies at 96". www.theintelligencer.com. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "Olympedia - Paula Jean Myers-Pope". Olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
- ^ Kane, Martin (September 5, 1960). "SPLENDOR AND SPLEEN - AS THE OLYMPICS BEGAN, GOOD WILL FLOURISHED AMID AWESOME PAGEANTRY, BUT A FLAP WAS JUST HOURS AWAY". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
- ^ The New York Times Archives (September 7, 1964). "Form's What Counts; Webster and Linda Cooper Take Diving Finals and Gain Olympic Berths; PLACES ALSO WON BY VITUCCI, GOMPF; Mrs. Talmage, Miss Bush Make Women's Squad—Mrs. Pope Retires Again". www.nytimes.com. p. 15. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
- ^ Ramos, Julian J. (January 10, 2008). "City may get luxury inn, racquet club". santamariatimes.com. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
- ^ Deseret News 1999-2000 Church Almanac. Salt Lake City, UT: Deseret News. 1998. p. 555. ISBN 1573454915.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "2007 Inductees For USC Athletic Hall of Fame Announced - USC Athletics". usctrojans.com. October 14, 2006. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
- ^ "Alumni / The CHS Hall of Fame". 1952. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
- ^ "Special Recognition Awards - VC Sports Hall of Fame". venturacountysportshalloffame.org. 1988. Retrieved October 5, 2023.
- ^ Wolf, Scott (July 7, 2014). "Pete Carroll Makes USC Hall Of Fame". Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
External links
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Media related to Paula Pope at Wikimedia Commons
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