Georgia Coleman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
TweetGeorgia Coleman
diver
Date of Birth: 23-Jan-1912
Place of Birth: St. Maries, Idaho, United States
Date of Death: 14-Sep-1940
Profession: competitive diver
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Georgia Coleman
- Georgia V.
- Coleman (January 23, 1912 – September 14, 1940) was an American diver.
- She competed in the 3 m springboard and 10 m platform at the 1928 and 1932 Olympics and won one gold, one bronze and two silver medals.
- Domestically she collected 11 AAU titles.At the 1932 Olympics, Coleman announced her engagement to the Olympic diver Mickey Riley, but the marriage was cancelled.
- In 1937, she contracted polio.
- She learnt to swim again, but two years later developed pneumonia as an after effect of the polio, and died at the age of twenty-eight.
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