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Marjorie Gestring

1922 - 1992

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Marjorie Gestring (November 18, 1922 – April 20, 1992) was a competitive springboard diver from the United States. At the age of 13 years and 268 days, she won the gold medal in 3-meter springboard diving at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, making her at the time the youngest person ever to win an Olympic gold medal. She remains the second-youngest Olympic gold medalist, as of 2025. A multi-time national diving champion in the United States, she was given a second Olympic gold medal by the United States Olympic Committee after the 1940 Summer Olympics were called off due to the advent of World War II. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Marjorie Gestring has received more than 251,390 page views. Her biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Marjorie Gestring is the 1,604th most popular athlete, the 9,879th most popular biography from United States and the 276th most popular American Athlete.

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  • 15

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Marjorie Gestring ranks 1,604 out of 6,025. Before her are Charles Hefferon, Darya Domracheva, Sultan Rakhmanov, Michel Knuysen, Joaquim Cruz, and Ramón Tapia. After her are Edy Hubacher, Duncan White, Antonina Lazareva, Mamdouh Elssbiay, Gelindo Bordin, and Derartu Tulu.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Marjorie Gestring ranks 395. Before her are Jacques Pollet, Arthur Hill, Haskell Wexler, Alain de Changy, Nicholas Katzenbach, and Patricia Canning Todd. After her are Beverly Pepper, Billy Liddell, Franz Fühmann, Eevi Huttunen, John Braine, and Darren McGavin. Among people deceased in 1992, Marjorie Gestring ranks 248. Before her are Eddie Hazel, Art Babbitt, Peter Hirt, Red Mitchell, Tamara Lazakovich, and Ian Wolfe. After her are Mae Clarke, William Fields, Severino Rigoni, Klaes Karppinen, Dionizije Dvornić, and Alexander Almetov.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Marjorie Gestring ranks 9,879 out of 20,380. Before her are Andy Weir (1972), George Lynch (1954), John Debney (1956), Kawhi Leonard (1991), Tim "Ripper" Owens (1967), and Patricia Canning Todd (1922). After her are Richard Shelby (1934), Rip Taylor (1931), Remy LaCroix (1988), Michael Patrick King (1954), Peggy Rea (1921), and Christian Camargo (1971).

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Among ATHLETES In United States

Among athletes born in United States, Marjorie Gestring ranks 276. Before her are Georgia Coleman (1912), Jerome Biffle (1928), Frederick Sheffield (1902), Dorothy Poynton-Hill (1915), Carl Kaufmann (1936), and Valerie Brisco-Hooks (1960). After her are Butch Reynolds (1964), William Dickey (1874), Frank Waller (1884), Lou Jones (1932), William Fields (1929), and Ollan Cassell (1937).

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