She parlayed her Olympic success into a career as a motivational speaker for young people. She also was an organizer of the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles.
Pat McCormick, a Seal Beach native who grew up practicing diving from Long Beach bridges and went on to win two gold medals at both the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics, has died. She was 92.
McCormick, who also won the James E. Sullivan Award for best amateur athlete in the US in 1956 – becoming only the second woman to do so — and served on the organizing committee for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, died on Tuesday, March 7, in an assisted living home in Santa Ana from natural causes. Friends and family agreed that what she achieved as a result of her gold medals was what she was most proud of.
According to Bob Griffith she traveled all over the United States speaking to young people. He shared memories of her flying to Nebraska to deliver a motivational speak to the High School he had attended.
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