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Aileen Riggin

1906 - 2002

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Aileen Muriel Riggin (May 2, 1906 – October 17, 2002), also known by her married name Aileen Soule (also Aileen Riggin Soule), was an American competition swimmer and diver. She was Olympic champion in springboard diving in 1920 and U.S. national springboard diving champion from 1923 to 1925. After retiring from competitions, she enjoyed a long and varied career in acting, coaching, writing and journalism. She was a swimming celebrity in Hawaii and the United States and an active ambassador of women's swimming well into old age. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Aileen Riggin is the 38th most popular swimmer (down from 13th in 2019), the 5,927th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,799th in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Aileen Riggin ranks 38 out of 709. Before her are Bill Tuttle, Martha Norelius, Otto Fahr, Đurđica Bjedov, Yoshi Oyakawa, and Valéria Gyenge. After her are Charles Daniels, Ilona Novák, Arvo Aaltonen, George Hodgson, Yasuji Miyazaki, and Judit Temes.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Aileen Riggin ranks 236. Before her are Arthur Rudolph, Alberto Zorrilla, John D. Rockefeller III, Roman Karmen, Olga Taussky-Todd, and Albert Charles Smith. After her are Alexandre Trauner, Bart Bok, Frank H. Netter, Joseph Höffner, Óscar Domínguez, and Lou Costello. Among people deceased in 2002, Aileen Riggin ranks 183. Before her are Eugene Odum, George Sidney, Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Alexandru Todea, Wolfgang Schneiderhan, and Arno Peters. After her are Ibn al-Khattab, Tore Svensson, Kakhi Asatiani, Irán Eory, Ramiro de León Carpio, and Robert Urich.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Aileen Riggin ranks 5,927 out of 20,380. Before her are Julie Kavner (1950), Alfred Romer (1894), Dan Ariely (1967), Joan Osborne (1962), Donald Lippincott (1893), and Mary Whiton Calkins (1863). After her are Pharoah Sanders (1940), Alfred Sturtevant (1891), Eric Dane (1972), Muggsy Bogues (1965), Mildred McDaniel (1933), and Oliver North (1943).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Aileen Riggin ranks 20. Before her are Ken Walsh (1945), Joe Ruddy (1878), Ann Curtis (1926), Allen Stack (1928), Bill Tuttle (1882), and Yoshi Oyakawa (1933). After her are Charles Daniels (1885), Steve Clark (1943), Kathy Ellis (1946), Margaret Woodbridge (1902), Helene Madison (1913), and Clarke Scholes (1930).

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