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Title
Louganis wins the gold
Alternative Title
Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator
Knudsen, Anne
Date Created and/or Issued
1984
Contributing Institution
Los Angeles Public Library
Collection
Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information
Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description
Title supplied by cataloger.; Photograph was also used for an article dated April 22, 1985.
By the age of 16, diver Greg Louganis had won his first Olympic medal. Eight years later, at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, he won gold in both the platform and springboard events, becoming the first man in 56 years to do so. He repeated the feat at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. In 1994, Louganis publicly acknowledged his homosexuality, adding his name to the short list of prominent gay athletes.
Photograph caption dated August 13, 1984 reads, "Greg Louganis reacts to platform-diving gold--and a score over 700 points."
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print :b&w ;36 x 29 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier
00053767
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box Sports-Olympics-Diving
CARL0005564387
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/23415
Subject
Louganis, Greg,--1960-
Louganis, Greg,--1960--Medals
Olympic Swim Stadium (Los Angeles, Calif.)
University of Southern California
Olympic Games--(23rd :--1984 :--Los Angeles, Calif.)
Divers--United States
Olympics
Olympic athletes--United States
Aquatic sports facilities--California--Los Angeles
Diving--Competitions--California--Los Angeles
Universities and colleges--California--Los Angeles
Bouquets--California--Los Angeles
Men--California--Los Angeles
University Park (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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