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Thelma Payne

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Sport
  
Diving

Coached by
  
Jack Cody

Height
  
1.66 m

Role
  
Olympic athlete

Name
  
Thelma Payne


Thelma Payne

Born
  
July 18, 1896 in
Salem, Oregon, United States

Died
  
September 7, 1988, Laguna Niguel, California, United States

Olympic medals
  
Diving at the 1920 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard

Club
  
Multnomah Athletic Club, Portland

Thelma R. Payne (later Sanborn, July 18, 1896 – September 7, 1988) was an American diver won the bronze medal in the 3 meter springboard at the 1920 Summer Olympics. She also won the springboard at the AAU Championships in 1918–1920.

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Thelma was AAU national champion in diving in 1918, 1919 and 1920.

After the 1920 Olympics she acted as a model for the Jantzen swimwear company. In 1926 she moved from Oregon to California, where she worked as a swimming instructor at the Breakers Beach Club in Santa Monica, the Jonathan Club, the Hollywood Athletic Club, and the LAAC. In 1983 she was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame.

References

Thelma Payne Wikipedia