4-time Olympic diving champion in the 1950s
May 12, 1930 - March 7, 2023
LOS ANGELES — Pat McCormick, who became the first diver to sweep the 3- meter and 10- meter events at consecutive Olympics, died March 7. She was 92.
She died of natural causes at an assisted living facility in the Orange County city of Santa Ana, said her son, Tim.
Ms. McCormick won the springboard and platform events at the 1952 Helsinki Games. She accomplished the feat again four years later at the Melbourne Games. Tim McCormick was born just five months before the Olympics in Australia.
Ms. Greg McCormick’s Louganis equaled accomplishment when he swept the 3-meter and 10-meter titles at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics and again in 1988 at Seoul. Ms. McCormick’s daughter, competed Kelly on Robertson, the same Olympic teams as Mr. Louganis. She won a silver medal on springboard in 1984 and a bronze in the same event in 1988. Ms.
McCormick won the James Sullivan Award as the nation’s top amateur athlete in 1956, the second woman to do so.
Born Patricia Joan Keller on May 12, 1930, in Seal Beach, Calif., as a youngster she was known for executing dives that weren’t allowed in competition while practicing off a bridge.
“She was good at everything she did,” Ms. Robertson said. “She wasn’t afraid of anything. She was super tough.” U.S.
Ms. national McCormick titles, won second 26 all-time among American women, from 1946-56. She was undefeated at national championship meets in 1951 and 1954, winning all 10 titles available to women in those two years.
She won gold on platform and silver on 3-meter at the 1951 Pan American Games.
Ms. McCormick was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame.