奥运名人堂：艾琳-里金 Aileen Riggin

艾琳-里金 aileen riggin （跳水 美国）



antwerp, august 1920, games of the vii olympiad: the two youngest participants in the diving events (14 years old): aileen riggin of the united states, gold medallist in the 3m springboard, and nils skoglund of sweden, silver medallist in the plain high diving.

born: 2 may 1906

deceased: 17 october 2002

birthplace: newport (united states)

nationality: united states

sport: aquatics

attendance at the olympic games

antwerp 1920

paris 1924

awards

olympic medals:

gold: 1

silver: 1

bronze: 1

first to medal in both swimming and diving

tiny aileen riggin of newport, rhode island, was only 14 years old when she won her olympic gold medal in springboard diving. at 1.40m tall and weighing 29.5 kg, she was the smallest athlete at the 1920 olympics. the competition was held outdoors in a moat filled with cold, muddy water. the stress of competing was the least of riggin's worries. as she later explained, "i had another mental block. it was about sticking in the mud at the bottom….i kept thinking, the water is black and nobody could find me if i really got stuck down there. and if i were coming down with force, i might go up to my elbows and i'd be stuck permanently, and nobody would miss me and i'd die a horrible drowning death." in 1922 riggin was the subject of the first underwater and slow-motion swimming films. she returned to the olympics in 1924 and won a silver medal for springboard diving and a bronze in the 100m backstroke. riggin was the first person to earn olympic medals in both diving and swimming. later she turned professional and starred in billy rose's first aquacade water entertainment extravaganza. she also became one of america's first women sportswriters and, at the age of 82, she set nine national age-group swim records. at the age of 86 she won six age-group titles at the world masters swimming championships.

　　生日：1906年5月2日

　　逝世：2002年10月17日

　　出生地：纽波特，美国

　　国籍: 美国

　　项目: 跳水

　　参加奥运会时间：

　　1920年比利时安特卫普夏季奥运会

　　1924年法国巴黎夏季奥运会

　　奥运成绩:

　　金牌 1枚

　　银牌 1枚

　　铜牌 1枚

　　第一位同时夺得游泳和跳水奥运奖牌的运动员

　　来自纽波特的艾琳-里金在14岁的时候就在奥运会跳板跳水比赛中获得金牌，当时她是1920年比利时安特卫普夏季奥运会最小的运动员，只有1米40高， 29.5公斤。那届奥运会跳水比赛在室外浑浊的水池中举行，里金的压力并不是来源于竞争，而是这一池湖水，就像她解释的一样，“我并不担心比赛，我只是担心我会陷到湖底的泥泞中。我一直在琢磨，因为水里很黑，如果我看不清楚，我就会钻到泥巴里去，那样我也许就会丧生在这湖底”。1924年，里金参加了在法国巴黎举行的奥运会，并且夺得跳板跳水的银牌，同时她还在100米仰泳比赛中夺得铜牌，成为第一位同时夺得奥运游泳和跳水比赛奖牌运动员。在奥运会结束后，里金转为职业运动员，她后来也成为美国第一位女性体育记者，但她没有停止体育锻炼，在82岁高龄的时候，里金还打破九项美国同年龄段游泳纪录。