Georgia V. Coleman (January 23, 1912 – September 14, 1940) was an American diver. She competed in the 3 m springboard and 10 m platform at the 1928 and 1932 Olympics and won one gold, one bronze and two silver medals. Domestically she collected 11 AAU titles. At the 1932 Olympics, Coleman announced her engagement to the Olympic diver

Mickey Riley Michael Riley Galitzen, also known as Mickey Riley (September 6, 1909, Los Angeles, California – June 6, 1959, Hollywood, California) was an American diver who won four total medals, one gold, at the 1928 Summer Olympics and 1932 Summer Olymp ...

, but the marriage was cancelled. In 1937, she contracted

polio Poliomyelitis, commonly shortened to polio, is an infectious disease caused by the poliovirus. Approximately 70% of cases are asymptomatic; mild symptoms which can occur include sore throat and fever; in a proportion of cases more severe s ...

.Biography
. hickoksports.com She learned to swim again, but two years later developed

pneumonia Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as alveoli. Symptoms typically include some combination of productive or dry cough, chest pain, fever, and difficulty breathing. The severity ...

as an after effect of the polio, and died at the age of twenty-eight.

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Georgia Coleman at databaseOlympics.com
1912 births 1940 deaths American female divers Divers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1932 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in diving Olympic silver medalists for the United States in diving Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in diving American disabled sportspeople Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics People from St. Maries, Idaho 20th-century American women 20th-century American people Deaths from pneumonia in California {{US-Olympic-medalist-stub

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