Madeleine Moreau
French diver
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Marie-Madeleine Cécile Moreau (1 May 1928 – 10 June 1995) was a French diver. She competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and won a silver medal for France at the 1952 Summer Olympics, making her the first, and as of 2018, only French medallist in diving.
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Madeleine Moreau in 1948 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nickname | Mady | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 May 1928 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 June 1995 (aged 67) Chuelles, France | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Diving | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 3-metre | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
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Moreau was born in Hanoi, French Indochina. She died in Chuelles, France, at the age of 67.[1] Moreau was a member of L'Isle-Adam Beach Club and competed frequently in L'Isle-Adam.[2]
Career
Along with the Olympics, Moreau competed in several diving championships. She competed at the Monte Carlo 1947 European Aquatics Championships in the 3-metre springboard. Moreau earned 100.43 points, placing first to win the gold medal at the age of nineteen.[3]
Moreau also competed in the Vienna 1950 European Aquatics Championships in the same event. She won the gold medal for the second championship in a row. She beat her previous score, earning 155.58 points.[4]
1948 Summer Games
Moreau made her Olympic debut in London at the 1948 Summer Olympics. She competed in the women's 3-metre springboard event and ranked seventh with a total score of 89.43 (41.76 in preliminary, 47.67 in second round).[1]
1952 Summer Games
Moreau returned to the Olympics by competing in the 1952 Summer Games in Helsinki in the 3-metre springboard. She scored 139.34 points overall (67.65 in preliminary, 71.69 in second round)[1] placing her second behind Patricia McCormick.[5] Her silver medal made her the first non-American to win a medal in the women's 3 metre springboard since the inception of the event at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[6]
Moreau is the only French athlete to win an Olympic medal in diving.[7]