Mid-Summer Classic Auction 2013
Wed, Jul 24, 2013 08:00PM EDT - Fri, Nov 8, 2013 12:00PM EST
Timed Auction
Lot 1237
1956 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL WON BY U.S. DIVER PAT McCORMICK (McCORMICK LOA)
Unsold
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Growing up in Long Beach California Pat McCormick established a reputation as a daring athlete performing dives that few men attempted and that were outlawed for women in international competition until 1952. In 1949 McCormick won her first national championship with a victory in the outdoor platform competition. She dominated the indoor national championships in the springboard and platform events in 1951“55 and won outdoor championships in 1949“51 and 1953“56. At the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki Finland she won gold medals in the platform competition and the springboard. Just five months after giving birth to her son she qualified for the 1956 Games in Melbourne Australia where she defended her titles again winning gold medals in the springboard and platform. McCormick was the first two-time Olympic winner of both diving events and subsequently was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.
Presented here is Pat McCormicks pristine 2-inch in diameter gold medal from the 1956 Games in Melbourne Australia. It depicts Olympic scene engravings on both sides along with "XVIth Olympiad Melbourne 1956" on the front. The medal appears to be very well preserved remaining essentially as issued. After the 1956 Olympics Pat McCormick opened a diving camp and was a model for Catalina swimsuits. She served on the Los Angeles 1984 Summer Olympics organizing committee and began a program called "Pat's Champs"-- a foundation to help motivate kids to dream big and to set practical ways to succeed. The medal is accompanied by a Letter of Authenticity from Pat McCormick.
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