Draves, Victoria (1924–)
Draves, Victoria (1924–)
American swimmer. Name variations: Vicki or Vickie Draves. Born Victoria Manalo, Dec 31, 1924, in San Francisco, California; dau. of a Filipino father and English mother; had a nonidentical twin sister; m. Lyle Draves (her diving coach), 1946.
Won AAU Outdoor Platform championship (1946–48); won the gold medal in springboard and platform diving at London Olympics (1948), the 1st woman to win both.
See also Women in World History.
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