Meany, Helen
Diving
b. Dec. 15, 1904
Meany was the first American diver to compete in three Olympics. After failing to medal in the platform event in 1920 and 1924, she won a gold medal in springboard diving in 1928.
She won 14 AAU national titles, in the outdoor 3-meter springboard in 1921, 1922, 1926, and 1927; in the outdoor platform from 1921 through 1923 and in 1925 and 1927; in the indoor 1-meter springboard from 1926 through 1928; and in the indoor 3-meter springboard in 1925 and 1927.
Meany lost her amateur status after the 1928 Olympics for participating in a Miami Beach water show, not sanctioned by the AAU, with Pete DesJardins, Martha Norelius, and Johnny Weissmuller.