{"id":16991,"date":"2014-03-04T17:03:47","date_gmt":"2014-03-04T17:03:47","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2014-03-04T17:03:47","modified_gmt":"2014-03-04T17:03:47","slug":"Help-fund-Filipina-Vicki-Manalo-story--first-woman-to-win-two-gold-medals-in-diving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=16991","title":{"rendered":"Help fund Filipina Vicki Manalo story – first woman to win two gold medals in diving"},"content":{"rendered":"

As a young woman, Vicki Manalo was limited to swim in pools when it was “International Day” before they cleaned the pool for use of “White Only” the next day.<\/strong> Born to parents who could not walk hand-in-hand in public because of their different racial backgrounds. Yet none of these obstacles prevented her from becoming the first woman at the age of 24-years-old to win two gold medals in diving at the Summer Olympics (London, 1948).<\/p>\n

Vicki\u2019s perseverance and tenacity that eventually caught the eye of some of the greatest diving coaches of the time \u2014 Sammy Lee (Korean American and first Asian American male Olympian) and her future husband, Lyle Draves.<\/strong> That same perseverance that earned her a berth on the US Olympic team, winning at the very highest levels, and eventually parlaying that success into a world-class professional diving career.<\/p>\n

Throughout her career, Vicki dove for her father, for Filipinos, for women, and for a community that accepted her as an equal \u2014 not an outsider \u2014 in the sport that she loved.
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\nWe need to keep her story alive. But, we need your help.<\/strong> <\/p>\n