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Born January 23, 1912 • Idaho
Died September 14, 1940 (aged 28) • Los Angeles • California
Awards And Honors Olympic Games
Notable Family Members spouse Michael Riley Galitzen

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Champion diver Georgia Coleman (center) at the 1932 Olympic Games
Georgia Coleman (centre) with Dorothy Poynton (left) and Marion Roper (right), members of the U.S. Olympic team that won all six women's diving medals at the 1932 Games in Los Angeles
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Aileen Riggin, 1922.
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