Episode 1189
Vicki Draves
Tue, 2020-Aug-04 02:23 UTC
Length - 1:30
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With 279,149 views on Monday, 3 August 2020 our article of the day is Vicki Draves.
Victoria Manalo Draves (née Manalo; December 31, 1924 – April 11, 2010) was an American competitive diver who won gold medals in both platform and springboard diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Draves became the first woman to be awarded gold medals for both the ten-meter platform and the three-meter springboard. Additionally, Draves became the first American woman to win two gold medals in diving, and the first Asian American to win Olympic gold medals. She was born in San Francisco.
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 02:23 UTC on Tuesday, 4 August 2020.
For the full current version of the article, see Vicki Draves on Wikipedia.
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