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Women's Diving Quiz

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Latest: Tuesday September 05, 2000 11:11 AM

  Fu Mingxia Chinese diving star Fu Mingxia won gold in Barcelona at age 13, making her China's youngest-ever Olympic champion. Darren England/Allsport

1. Who was the first woman to win a medal in Olympic Diving?
a. Aileen Riggin
b. Helen Wainwright
c. Margareta Johnson
d. Lisa Regnell

2. By winning the 1932 gold medal in the Springboard, American Georgia Coleman became the first woman diver to do what?
a. Take off with both feet
b. Complete a backward dive
c. Perform with a swimming cap
d. Complete a two and a half forward somersault

3. What record did American Marjorie Gestring set at the 1936 Berlin Olympics that has not been equaled or broken?
a. Youngest Olympian in any sport to win a gold medal
b. Highest score for a qualifying round
c. The lowest score for a dive in a final round and still win a gold medal
d. Most consecutive dives with perfect score

4. Who was the first woman diver to win the Springboard and Platform in the same Olympics?
a. Zoe Ann Olsen
b. Patricia Elsener
c. Aileen Riggin
d. Victoria Draves

5. Which American diver dominated the competition at Helsinki in 1952 and Melbourne in 1956, winning gold in platform and springboard at both Olympiads?
a. Jeanne Stunyo
b. Micki King
c. Patricia McCormick
d. Sue Gossick

6. Who was the first non-American to medal in Olympic springboard diving?
a. Ninel Krutova, Soviet Union
b. Madeleine Moreau, France
c. Charmain Welsh, Great Britain
d. Lyubov Shigalova, Soviet Union

7. Who was the first non-American to win a gold medal in Olympic springboard diving?
a. Ingrid Kramer, German Democratic Republic
b. Sylvie Bernier, Canada
c. Irina Kalinina, Soviet Union
d. Ulrika Knape, Sweden

8. What nation has won seven of the past eight gold medals in women's Olympic diving
a. The Soviet Union
b. The United States
c. China
d. Germany

9. Who is the last woman to win a gold medal in diving not from China?
a. Ingrid Kramer, German Democratic Republic
b. Sylvie Bernier, Canada
c. Ulrika Knape, Sweden
d. Irina Kalinina, Soviet Union

10. Who is the last woman to win both the springboard and the platform in the same Olympiad?
a. Gao Min
b. Ingrid Kramer
c. Xu Yanmei
d. Fu Mingxia

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