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By Bruce Wigo.
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This History of Diving: 1920 – 1924<\/strong>\u00a0through cartoon art is the second in a series of articles about aquatic champions from\u00a0early 20th century as seen through an art form used by sports journalists to entertain and educate the public about the sports heroes of the day.<\/p>\n

It is an unfortunate fact that\u00a0retired champions lose much of their glamour with each passing season\u00a0and if history tells us anything, it won’t be\u00a0long before today’s champions are forgotten. But while times, techniques, training and equipment improve over time,\u00a0we should not lose sight of the fact\u00a0that in their\u00a0day, Olympic Champions of bygone eras were\u00a0like our recent medalists in\u00a0Rio – the best in the world in their sports. The athletes of bygone eras faced many of the same psychological, physical and economic challenges today’s athletes face. Some of them provide great examples what to do while\u00a0others, what not to do. In\u00a0every story, of every past champion, there is a takeaway if we want to look and learn from them.<\/p>\n

\"Strong

Photo Courtesy: ISHOF archive – Robert Ripley at the Olympics<\/p><\/div>\n

In this article we take a look the era when the USA emerged as\u00a0the world superpower of diving.\u00a0\u00a0Eight years earlier, at the Olympic Games in Stockholm, that title belonged to Sweden. But then, shortly after the Games, Ernst Brandsten<\/strong> and Greta Johansson<\/strong> relocated to San Francisco, started coaching at Stanford University<\/strong> and the world of diving changed forever.<\/p>\n

\"brandsten

Photo Courtesy: ISHOF Archive<\/p><\/div>\n

Brandsten was the Swedish champion for many years, but failed to medal at the 1912 Olympics. His future wife, Greta Johannson did win a gold that is on display\u00a0in the ISHOF today. After the Olympics, Ernst emigrated to California where he started his coaching career at Cal in 1913. He moved over to Stanford with his new wife two years later. The couple would have a major influence on divers from all over the USA and in 1920, American divers\u00a0won five of the six medals in the 3-meter springboard and\u00a010m competitions. with Stanford’s, Clarence Pinkston<\/strong> winning gold from 10m and silver off the 3m board. He finished second behind “Hap” Kuehn<\/strong> in the springboard event. In 1924, divers from Stanford won all six Olympic medals, with Albert White<\/strong> winning double gold with Pinkston coping double bronze medals.<\/p>\n

\"Aileen

Photo Courtesy: ISHOF Archive<\/p><\/div>\n

At the 1920 Olympic Games, 14 year old Aileen Riggin<\/strong>\u00a0also won the gold medal in the 3m springboard event, with her teammate, Helen Wainwright<\/strong>, from the Women’s Swimming Association of New York taking silver and Thelma Payne<\/strong> of the Multnomah Athletic Club the bronze.<\/p>\n

\"Betty

Photo Courtesy: ISHOF Archives<\/p><\/div>\n

One of the glamour girls of the 1924 Olympic Games was Betty Becker<\/strong> of Atlantic City, N.J. The year 1924 was a “comeback”\u00a0after her failure\u00a0to make the 1920 team. She won the gold medal in Paris off the 3m springboard with Riggin, the 1920 champ, taking silver. \u00a0In the 10m event, she won silver, behind Caroline Smith<\/strong> of the Multnomah Athletic Club.<\/p>\n

\"Becker

Photo Courtesy: ISHOF Archives<\/p><\/div>\n

More about Olympic swimming champions Ethel Lackie<\/strong> and Sybil Bauer<\/strong> in future articles. \u00a0Below, images from the Chicago Tribune of divers in practice and competition at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris.<\/p>\n

\"champion

Photo Courtesy: ISHOF Archives: Chicago Tribune<\/p><\/div>\n

The stories of past champions in sports cartoon art will continue in future articles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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