Michael Galitzen

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Men’s diving
Olympic medalist
Riley and Duke Kahanamoku in 1927.
Medal record
Competitor for the United States
Gold	1932 Los Angeles	3 m springboard
Silver	1928 Amsterdam	3 m springboard
Silver	1932 Los Angeles	10 m platform
Bronze	1928 Amsterdam	10 m platform

Michael Riley Galitzen, also known as Mickey Riley (September 6, 1909, Los Angeles, California – June 6, 1959, Hollywood, California) was an American diver who won four total medals, one gold, at the 1928 Summer Olympics and 1932 Summer Olympics.

Galitzen was a native of southern California, and won acclaim both for his individual diving and as a tandem diver with his brother John. He won two medals in diving at Amsterdam in 1928 as Michael Galitzen. In 1931, he began calling himself Mickey Riley, and won gold and silver medals in Los Angeles in 1932 under that name. After the Olympics, he worked as a film editor, and he and John appeared frequently in diving shows. He was found dead in his Hollywood apartment in 1959; the death was attributed to natural causes.

Galitzen was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1977.

External links

Olympic Diving Champions in Men's 3 metre Springboard

Persondata
Name	Galitzen, Michael
Alternative names
Short description	Diver
Date of birth	September 6, 1909
Place of birth
Date of death	June 6, 1959
Place of death

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