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Katherine Rawls

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Katherine Rawls was an American competitive swimmer and diver known as the "First Lady of Swimming" in the 1930s, winning national championships in both swimming and diving and competing at two Olympic Games.

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Birth Year
1917 1
Birth Date
1917-06-14 1
Death Year
1982 1
Death Date
1982-04-08 1
Nationality
American 1
Career Highlight
Won Olympic silver medals in springboard diving at the 1932 and 1936 Olympics and a bronze medal in the 4x100 freestyle relay in 1936. 1
Classification
Competition Category
Individual 1
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Swimming, Sports
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  • Lead sentence, birth date
    Katherine Louise Rawls (June 14, 1917 - April 8, 1982), also known by her married names Katherine Thompson and Katherine Green, was an American competition swimmer and diver.
  • Lead sentence, birth year
    Katherine Louise Rawls (June 14, 1917 - April 8, 1982), also known by her married names Katherine Thompson and Katherine Green, was an American competition swimmer and diver.
  • Lead sentence, nationality
    Katherine Louise Rawls (June 14, 1917 - April 8, 1982), also known by her married names Katherine Thompson and Katherine Green, was an American competition swimmer and diver.
  • Lead paragraph, career highlight
    She was a 1932 Olympic silver medalist in 3-metre springboard diving and in the 1936 Olympics repeated as a silver medalist on the 3-meter board, while capturing a bronze medal as part of the 4x100 freestyle relay team.
  • Lead sentence, death date
    Katherine Louise Rawls (June 14, 1917 - April 8, 1982), also known by her married names Katherine Thompson and Katherine Green, was an American competition swimmer and diver.
  • Lead sentence, death year
    Katherine Louise Rawls (June 14, 1917 - April 8, 1982), also known by her married names Katherine Thompson and Katherine Green, was an American competition swimmer and diver.
  • Wikipedia, article summary lead
    Katherine Louise Rawls (June 14, 1917 – April 8, 1982), also known by her married names Katherine Thompson and Katherine Green, was an American competition swimmer and diver.
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