Georgia Coleman

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Olympic medal record
Women's diving
Competitor for the United States
Gold	1932 Los Angeles	3 m springboard
Silver	1928 Amsterdam	10 m platform
Silver	1932 Los Angeles	10 m platform
Bronze	1928 Amsterdam	3 m springboard

Georgia Coleman (January 23, 1912 – September 14, 1940) was an American diver who competed in the 1928 Summer Olympics and in the 1932 Summer Olympics. She was born in St. Maries, Idaho.

In 1928 she won the silver medal in the 10 metre platform event as well as the bronze medal in the 3 metre springboard competition. Four years later she won the gold medal in the 3 metre springboard event as well as the silver medal in the 10 metre platform competition.

Georgia Coleman contracted polio in 1937.^[1] She learnt to swim again, but two years later developed pneumonia as an after effect of the polio, and died at the age of twenty-eight.

References

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Olympic Diving Champions in Women's 3 metre Springboard

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Name	Coleman, Georgia
Alternative names
Short description	Diver
Date of birth	January 23, 1912
Place of birth
Date of death	September 14, 1940
Place of death

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