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class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Paula-jean-pope-and-karl-pope.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Paula-jean-pope-and-karl-pope.jpg/230px-Paula-jean-pope-and-karl-pope.jpg" decoding="async" width="230" height="184" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Paula-jean-pope-and-karl-pope.jpg/345px-Paula-jean-pope-and-karl-pope.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a1/Paula-jean-pope-and-karl-pope.jpg/460px-Paula-jean-pope-and-karl-pope.jpg 2x" data-file-width="689" data-file-height="552" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Myers-Pope with husband Karl Pope</div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #CCCC99;">Personal information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Birth name</th><td class="infobox-data nickname">Paula Jean Myers</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">November 11, 1934<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtstart bday">1934-11-11</span>)</span><br /><span class="birthplace"><a href="/wiki/La_Verne,_California" title="La Verne, California">La Verne, California</a>, U.S.A.<sup id="cite_ref-LAT_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">June 9, 1995<span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend dday deathdate">1995-06-10</span>)</span> (aged 60)<br /><span class="deathplace"><a href="/wiki/Ojai,_California" title="Ojai, California">Ojai, California</a>, U.S.A.</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><i><a href="/wiki/Alma_mater" title="Alma mater">Alma mater</a></i></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Covina_High_School" title="Covina High School">Covina High School</a><sup id="cite_ref-CovinaHighSchoolHallOfFame1952_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CovinaHighSchoolHallOfFame1952-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #CCCC99;">Sport</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Sport</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Diving_(sport)" title="Diving (sport)">Diving</a><sup id="cite_ref-TrialsAndTriumphsGollyGeeWhiz1992_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TrialsAndTriumphsGollyGeeWhiz1992-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap">Event(s)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Diving_platform" title="Diving platform">Platform</a>, <a href="/wiki/Diving_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_3_metre_springboard" title="Diving at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard">3m springboard</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">University team</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_Buckeyes" title="Ohio State Buckeyes">Ohio State University Buckeyes</a> and <a href="/wiki/USC_Trojans" title="USC Trojans">University of Southern California Trojans</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Club</th><td class="infobox-data org"><a href="/wiki/Kappa_Alpha_Theta" title="Kappa Alpha Theta">Kappa Alpha Theta</a> and<br /> Sammy Lee Swim Club<sup id="cite_ref-PaulaJeanMyersPopeOlympicComBiography_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PaulaJeanMyersPopeOlympicComBiography-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coached by</th><td class="infobox-data agent">Rusty Smith (1948-1951)<br /> Lyle Draves (1952-1957)<br /> Sammy Lee (1958-1960, 1964)<sup id="cite_ref-ISHOForgPaulJeanMyersPope1979_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ISHOForgPaulJeanMyersPope1979-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SammyLee2TimeOlympicDivingChampionDies_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SammyLee2TimeOlympicDivingChampionDies-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: #CCCC99;"><div class="mw-collapsible" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%"> <div class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="line-height:1.6em; background-color:#ccf; font-size:105%; background-color:transparent;"><div style="margin:0 4em;">Medal record</div></div> <div class="mw-collapsible-content" style="font-size:105%"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1151960987">body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox table{display:table}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox caption{display:table-caption}</style> <table class="skin-nightmode-reset-color" style="width:100%; background-color:#f9f9f9; color:#000000; font-weight:normal"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="padding:0"> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#eeeeee;color:inherit;">Women's <a href="/wiki/Diving_(sport)" title="Diving (sport)">diving</a> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#eeeeee;color:inherit;" class="adr">Representing <span class="country-name">the <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png 2x" data-file-width="69" data-file-height="39" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#cccccc;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Olympic_Games" title="Olympic Games">Olympic Games</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Silver medal – second place"><img alt="Silver medal – second place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"> <a href="/wiki/1952_Summer_Olympics" title="1952 Summer Olympics">1952 Helsinki</a> </span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/wiki/Diving_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics" title="Diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics">Platform</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Silver medal – second place"><img alt="Silver medal – second place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"> <a href="/wiki/1960_Summer_Olympics" title="1960 Summer Olympics">1960 Rome</a> </span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/wiki/Diving_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics" title="Diving at the 1960 Summer Olympics">3m springboard</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Silver medal – second place"><img alt="Silver medal – second place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/16px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/24px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg/32px-Silver_medal_icon_%28S_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"> <a href="/wiki/1960_Summer_Olympics" title="1960 Summer Olympics">1960 Rome</a> </span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/wiki/Diving_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics" title="Diving at the 1960 Summer Olympics">Platform</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Bronze medal – third place"><img alt="Bronze medal – third place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/16px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/24px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg/32px-Bronze_medal_icon_%28B_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"> <a href="/wiki/1956_Summer_Olympics" title="1956 Summer Olympics">1956 Melbourne</a> </span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/wiki/Diving_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics">Platform</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;background-color:#cccccc;color:inherit;"><a href="/wiki/Pan_American_Games" title="Pan American Games">Pan American Games</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Gold medal – first place"><img alt="Gold medal – first place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"> <a href="/wiki/1959_Pan_American_Games" title="1959 Pan American Games">1959 Chicago</a> </span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/wiki/Diving_at_the_1959_Pan_American_Games" title="Diving at the 1959 Pan American Games">3m springboard</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;color:inherit;"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Gold medal – first place"><img alt="Gold medal – first place" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/16px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="16" height="16" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/24px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg/32px-Gold_medal_icon_%28G_initial%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="16" data-file-height="16" /></span></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1959_Pan_American_Games" title="1959 Pan American Games">1959 Chicago</a></span></td> <td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;"><a href="/wiki/Diving_at_the_1959_Pan_American_Games" title="Diving at the 1959 Pan American Games">Platform</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div></div></th></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Paula Jean Myers-Pope</b> (November 11, 1934 – June 9, 1995) was an American <a href="/wiki/Diving_(sport)" title="Diving (sport)">diver</a> and four-time <a href="/wiki/Olympic_medalist" class="mw-redirect" title="Olympic medalist">Olympic medalist</a> in three <a href="/wiki/Summer_Olympic_Games" title="Summer Olympic Games">Summer Olympic Games</a> (1952, 1956 and 1960).<sup id="cite_ref-LAT_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paula_Pope,_Ingrid_Kramer,_Elisabeth_Ferris_1960.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Paula_Pope%2C_Ingrid_Kramer%2C_Elisabeth_Ferris_1960.jpg/200px-Paula_Pope%2C_Ingrid_Kramer%2C_Elisabeth_Ferris_1960.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Paula_Pope%2C_Ingrid_Kramer%2C_Elisabeth_Ferris_1960.jpg/300px-Paula_Pope%2C_Ingrid_Kramer%2C_Elisabeth_Ferris_1960.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a6/Paula_Pope%2C_Ingrid_Kramer%2C_Elisabeth_Ferris_1960.jpg/400px-Paula_Pope%2C_Ingrid_Kramer%2C_Elisabeth_Ferris_1960.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2340" data-file-height="1929" /></a><figcaption>Paula Pope, <a href="/wiki/Ingrid_Kramer" class="mw-redirect" title="Ingrid Kramer">Ingrid Kramer</a> and <a href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Ferris_(diver)" title="Elizabeth Ferris (diver)">Elizabeth Ferris</a> at the 1960 Olympics</figcaption></figure> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paula_Jean_Myers-Pope&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Myers was born and raised in <a href="/wiki/La_Verne,_California" title="La Verne, California">La Verne, California</a>, and attended high school in nearby <a href="/wiki/Covina,_California" title="Covina, California">Covina</a>, where she was Freshman Class Treasurer, member of the Senior Class Council, the Girls’ Athletic Association and the California Scholastic Federation.<sup id="cite_ref-LAT_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Olympics">Olympics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paula_Jean_Myers-Pope&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Olympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Myers-Pope was a member of the <a href="/wiki/USA_Diving" title="USA Diving">USA Olympic Diving Team</a> three times, <a href="/wiki/Diving_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics" title="Diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics">1952</a>, <a href="/wiki/Diving_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics" title="Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics">1956</a> and <a href="/wiki/Diving_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics" title="Diving at the 1960 Summer Olympics">1960</a>. She won four medals in her three trips to the Olympics.<sup id="cite_ref-LAT_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PaulaJeanMyersPopeOlympicComBiography_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PaulaJeanMyersPopeOlympicComBiography-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ISHOForgPaulJeanMyersPope1979_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ISHOForgPaulJeanMyersPope1979-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-OlympediaPaulaJeanMyersPope1952-1960_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OlympediaPaulaJeanMyersPope1952-1960-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1952_Olympics">1952 Olympics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paula_Jean_Myers-Pope&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1952 Olympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At 17 years of age, Myers won a silver medal in the <a href="/wiki/Diving_at_the_1952_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_10_metre_platform" title="Diving at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre platform">10-meter tower</a> event at the <a href="/wiki/1952_Summer_Olympics" title="1952 Summer Olympics">1952 Summer Olympics</a> in <a href="/wiki/Helsinki" title="Helsinki">Helsinki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a>. Teammate, <a href="/wiki/Pat_McCormick_(diver)" title="Pat McCormick (diver)">Pat McCormick</a> won the gold and teammate, <a href="/wiki/Juno_Stover-Irwin" title="Juno Stover-Irwin">Juno Stover-Irwin</a> won the bronze.<sup id="cite_ref-ISHOForgPaulJeanMyersPope1979_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ISHOForgPaulJeanMyersPope1979-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1956_Olympics">1956 Olympics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paula_Jean_Myers-Pope&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 1956 Olympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Myers won a bronze medal in the same event, <a href="/wiki/Diving_at_the_1956_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_10_metre_platform" title="Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre platform">10-metre platform</a>, at the <a href="/wiki/1956_Summer_Olympics" title="1956 Summer Olympics">1956 Summer Olympics</a>, in <a href="/wiki/Melbourne" title="Melbourne">Melbourne</a>, <a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a>. Teammate, <a href="/wiki/Pat_McCormick_(diver)" title="Pat McCormick (diver)">Pat McCormick</a> won the gold, again, but this time she flip-flopped with teammate, <a href="/wiki/Juno_Stover-Irwin" title="Juno Stover-Irwin">Juno Stover-Irwin</a>, who won the silver medal this time.<sup id="cite_ref-ISHOForgPaulJeanMyersPope1979_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ISHOForgPaulJeanMyersPope1979-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1960_Olympics">1960 Olympics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paula_Jean_Myers-Pope&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: 1960 Olympics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Myers-Pope won two silver medals at the <a href="/wiki/1960_Summer_Olympics" title="1960 Summer Olympics">1960 Summer Olympics</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rome" title="Rome">Rome</a>, <a href="/wiki/Italy" title="Italy">Italy</a>, one in the <a href="/wiki/Diving_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_3_metre_springboard" title="Diving at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard">3-meter springboard</a> event and one in the <a href="/wiki/Diving_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_10_metre_platform" title="Diving at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Women's 10 metre platform">10-meter tower</a>. In both events, Miss <a href="/wiki/Ingrid_Gulbin" title="Ingrid Gulbin">Ingrid Krämer</a> from <a href="/wiki/East_Germany" title="East Germany">East Germany</a> won the gold medals this year.<sup id="cite_ref-PaulaJeanMyersPopeOlympicComBiography_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PaulaJeanMyersPopeOlympicComBiography-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ISHOForgPaulJeanMyersPope1979_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ISHOForgPaulJeanMyersPope1979-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-OlympediaPaulaJeanMyersPope1952-1960_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OlympediaPaulaJeanMyersPope1952-1960-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-SI-SplendorAndSpleen1960_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SI-SplendorAndSpleen1960-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1964_Olympic_trials">1964 Olympic trials</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paula_Jean_Myers-Pope&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: 1964 Olympic trials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Myers-Pope had gone into retirement from competitive diving and not been in a pool from the 1960 Olympic Games until April, 1964. At the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Olympic_trials_(diving)" title="United States Olympic trials (diving)">U.S. Olympic trials</a>, at Astoria Pool, in <a href="/wiki/Queens,_New_York" class="mw-redirect" title="Queens, New York">Queens</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_(state)" title="New York (state)">New York</a>, in September, 1964, she finished eighth and retired again from competitive diving.<sup id="cite_ref-MrsPopeRetiresAgain1964_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-MrsPopeRetiresAgain1964-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pan_American_Games">Pan American Games</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paula_Jean_Myers-Pope&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Pan American Games"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Myers-Pope won two gold medals at the <a href="/wiki/1959_Pan_American_Games" title="1959 Pan American Games">1959 Pan American Games</a>, in both the <a href="/wiki/Diving_at_the_1959_Pan_American_Games#10m_Platform" title="Diving at the 1959 Pan American Games">10-meter tower</a> and <a href="/wiki/Diving_at_the_1959_Pan_American_Games#3m_Springboard" title="Diving at the 1959 Pan American Games">3-meter springboard</a> for <a href="/wiki/United_States_at_the_Pan_American_Games" title="United States at the Pan American Games">Team USA</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PaulaJeanMyersPopeOlympicComBiography_4-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PaulaJeanMyersPopeOlympicComBiography-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ISHOForgPaulJeanMyersPope1979_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ISHOForgPaulJeanMyersPope1979-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-OlympediaPaulaJeanMyersPope1952-1960_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OlympediaPaulaJeanMyersPope1952-1960-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="College_years">College years</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paula_Jean_Myers-Pope&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: College years"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Myers first attended <a href="/wiki/Ohio_State_University" title="Ohio State University">Ohio State University</a> in the mid-1950s, graduated with a degree in <a href="/wiki/Dental_hygiene" class="mw-redirect" title="Dental hygiene">dental hygiene</a> from the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_California" title="University of Southern California">University of Southern California</a> and became a <a href="/wiki/Dental_hygienist" title="Dental hygienist">dental hygienist</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LAT_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When Miss Myers entered <a href="/wiki/University_of_Southern_California" title="University of Southern California">USC</a> on a leadership scholarship as there were no collegiate women's athletic programs at the time. She was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Kappa_Alpha_Theta" title="Kappa Alpha Theta">Kappa Alpha Theta</a> sorority in 1954. She won 11 <a href="/wiki/Amateur_Athletic_Union" title="Amateur Athletic Union">AAU Championships</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-PaulaJeanMyersPopeOlympicComBiography_4-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PaulaJeanMyersPopeOlympicComBiography-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Racquet_club">Racquet club</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paula_Jean_Myers-Pope&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Racquet club"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1984, Myers-Pope retired from her career in dental hygiene, then co-owned and operated the Ojai Valley Racquet Club with her husband in <a href="/wiki/Ojai,_California" title="Ojai, California">Ojai, California</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LAT_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PaulaJeanMyersPopeOlympicComBiography_4-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PaulaJeanMyersPopeOlympicComBiography-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ISHOForgPaulJeanMyersPope1979_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ISHOForgPaulJeanMyersPope1979-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-OlympediaPaulaJeanMyersPope1952-1960_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-OlympediaPaulaJeanMyersPope1952-1960-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2008, they applied for a major renovation, including a luxury inn, for their Ojai Valley Racquet Club.<sup id="cite_ref-CityMayGetLuxuryInn2008_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CityMayGetLuxuryInn2008-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paula_Jean_Myers-Pope&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Between the 1952 and 1956 Olympics, Myers joined <a href="/wiki/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints" title="The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints">the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-LDSOlympiansIn1999-2000ChurchAlmanac_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LDSOlympiansIn1999-2000ChurchAlmanac-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She married Karl Pope (a USC basketball player) in 1958.<sup id="cite_ref-ISHOForgPaulJeanMyersPope1979_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ISHOForgPaulJeanMyersPope1979-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The couple had two sons and three daughters.<sup id="cite_ref-LAT_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She died at the age of 60 in 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-LAT_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Legacy">Legacy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paula_Jean_Myers-Pope&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Legacy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Myers-Pope was the first woman to use a double twisting 1 1/2 somersault and inward 2 1/2 somersault in competition off the 10 meter.<sup id="cite_ref-ISHOForgPaulJeanMyersPope1979_5-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ISHOForgPaulJeanMyersPope1979-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> She was the Los Angeles Times Woman of the Year in 1960,<sup id="cite_ref-LAT_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-LAT-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2007InducteesForUSCAthleticHallOfFameAnnounced_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2007InducteesForUSCAthleticHallOfFameAnnounced-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and she has been inducted into the following Halls of Fame: </p> <ul><li>Class of 1952, Covina High School Hall of Fame <sup id="cite_ref-ClassOf1952CovinaHighSchoolHallOfFame_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ClassOf1952CovinaHighSchoolHallOfFame-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 1979, the <a href="/wiki/International_Swimming_Hall_of_Fame" title="International Swimming Hall of Fame">International Swimming Hall of Fame</a> (ISHOF).<sup id="cite_ref-ISHOForgPaulJeanMyersPope1979_5-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ISHOForgPaulJeanMyersPope1979-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 1988, the Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame gave her a "Special Recognition Award".<sup id="cite_ref-SpecialRecognitionAward1988_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-SpecialRecognitionAward1988-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In 2007, the <a href="/wiki/USC_Trojans" title="USC Trojans">University of Southern California Athletic Hall of Fame</a><sup id="cite_ref-2007InducteesForUSCAthleticHallOfFameAnnounced_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2007InducteesForUSCAthleticHallOfFameAnnounced-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-PeteCarrollMakesUSCHallOfFame2014_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-PeteCarrollMakesUSCHallOfFame2014-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paula_Jean_Myers-Pope&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_members_of_the_International_Swimming_Hall_of_Fame" title="List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame">List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Latter_Day_Saints" title="List of Latter Day Saints">List of Latter Day Saints</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Covina_High_School#Notable_alumni" title="Covina High School">Covina High School Hall of Fame</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Paula_Jean_Myers-Pope&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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