Back كاثيرين رولز ARZ Katherine Rawls Catalan Katherine Rawls German Katherine Rawls Spanish کاترین راولز Persian Katherine Rawls Finnish Katherine Rawls French Քեթրին Ռոլզ Armenian Katherine Rawls Italian キャサリン・ロールズ Japanese
 Rawls in 1935 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Katherine Louise Rawls | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | "Katy," "The Minnow" | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 14, 1917 Nashville, Tennessee | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | April 8, 1982 (aged 64) White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, springboard diving | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Miami Beach Swimming Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Katherine Louise Rawls (June 14, 1917[1] – April 8, 1982), also known by her married names Katherine Thompson and Katherine Green, was an American competition swimmer and diver. She was the United States national champion in multiple events during the 1930s. She was a 1932 Olympic silver medalist in 3-meter 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.[2]
- ^ Birthdate June 14, 1917 is listed in the Social Security Death Index [1]; June 28, 1917 is given by Burghard in Time, 1935 (see below); June 14, 1918 is given by Ralph Hickok [2] Archived October 5, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "KATHERINE RAWLS (USA) 1965 Honor Swimmer/Diver". International Swimming Hall of Fame. 1965. Retrieved December 13, 2017.