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Vicki Draves

1924 - 2010

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Victoria Manalo Draves (née Manalo; December 31, 1924 – April 11, 2010) was a Filipino 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. In a pioneering achievement, she was 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Vicki Draves is the 2,247th most popular athlete (up from 2,557th in 2019), the 12,018th most popular biography from United States (up from 13,361st in 2019) and the 390th most popular American Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Vicki Draves ranks 2,247 out of 6,025. Before her are Aldo Ghira, Arto Härkönen, Edward Ferry, Sven Fischer, Jack Pierce, and Toimi Pitkänen. After her are Tomas Johansson, Andrei Mikhnevich, Ivan Udodov, Walter Mahlendorf, Foy Draper, and William Tanui.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1924, Vicki Draves ranks 478. Before her are Bill Smith, Carole Cook, Patricia Roberts Harris, William H. Gass, George Amick, and Ron Staniforth. After her are Ivan Udodov, Ralph Miliband, Terry Southern, Vajiha Samadova, Frank Lautenberg, and Louie Bellson. Among people deceased in 2010, Vicki Draves ranks 430. Before her are Grażyna Gęsicka, Clive Donner, Christoph Schlingensief, James Moody, Harvey Pekar, and Oleg Kopayev. After her are Peter Christopherson, David Thompson, Krystyna Bochenek, Sammy Baird, Zbigniew Wassermann, and Edwin Valero.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Vicki Draves ranks 12,020 out of 20,380. Before her are Jack Pierce (1962), David Draiman (1973), Greg Valentine (1951), Jim Hanks (1961), John DiMaggio (1968), and Samuel George Morton (1799). After her are Wang Leehom (1976), Rick Adelman (1946), Paine Wingate (1739), William Paca (1740), Jeffrey Nordling (1962), and Jay Chamberlain (1925).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Vicki Draves ranks 390. Before her are Kim Turner (1961), Félix Sánchez (1977), Lesley Ashburner (1883), Rod Milburn (1950), Edward Ferry (1941), and Jack Pierce (1962). After her are Foy Draper (1911), Joe Kovacs (1989), Fortune Gordien (1922), Ron Brown (1961), Ollan Cassell (1937), and Wesley Coe (1879).

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