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Katherine Rawls

1917 - 1982

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Katherine Louise Rawls (June 14, 1917 – 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-metre 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Katherine Rawls is the 90th most popular swimmer (up from 154th in 2019), the 7,554th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,143rd in 2019) and the 40th most popular American Swimmer.

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Among SWIMMERS

Among swimmers, Katherine Rawls ranks 90 out of 709. Before her are Irene Guest, Chris von Saltza, Norman Ross, Ian Thorpe, Greta Johansson, and Lillian Watson. After her are Gary Hall Jr., John Derbyshire, Brad Cooper, George Kojac, Frederick Lane, and Don McKenzie.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1917, Katherine Rawls ranks 260. Before her are Joseph Wresinski, Nils Karlsson, Amelia Piccinini, Marcel Hansenne, Robert Lowell, and Albert Mol. After her are Phyllis Diller, Gonzalo Rojas, Juan Tuñas, Kenkichi Iwasawa, Madeleine Robinson, and Birger Rosengren. Among people deceased in 1982, Katherine Rawls ranks 211. Before her are Tomás Romero Pereira, Victor Buono, Beb Bakhuys, Boris Andreyev, Alexander Abusch, and Lightnin' Hopkins. After her are Hal Foster, Jovan Miladinović, Francisco Martínez Soria, John Gardner, Marvin Stalder, and Frank Séchehaye.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Katherine Rawls ranks 7,556 out of 20,380. Before her are Richard D. Wolff (1942), Carl O. Sauer (1889), Robert Carradine (1954), Kenny Dorham (1924), Will Geer (1902), and Jimmy Reed (1925). After her are Frank Foss (1895), Edie McClurg (1951), Phyllis Diller (1917), Diane Warren (1956), Thad Jones (1923), and Jeanette MacDonald (1903).

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Among SWIMMERS In United States

Among swimmers born in United States, Katherine Rawls ranks 40. Before her are Edgar Adams (1868), Ethelda Bleibtrey (1902), Irene Guest (1900), Chris von Saltza (1944), Norman Ross (1895), and Lillian Watson (1950). After her are Gary Hall Jr. (1974), George Kojac (1910), Don McKenzie (1947), Jack Medica (1914), Katie Ledecky (1997), and Jan Henne (1947).

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