Elbert Alonzo Root (July 20, 1915 – July 15, 1983) was an American diver who competed in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics ( German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad ( German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi- ...

. In 1936 he won the silver medal in the 10 metre platform event.

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1915 births 1983 deaths Divers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in diving American male divers Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics 20th-century American people {{US-Olympic-medalist-stub