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Home of First Asian-American Double Olympic Gold Medalist
A double Olympic Gold Medal winner of the 1948 London games, Vicki Draves opened a diving school with her husband in Montrose where they lived. Victoria Manalo Draves was the first Asian American (her father, Tefilo Manalo was Filipino and her mother, Gertrude Taylor was English) woman to win gold medals in the springboard and platform diving competitions of the 1948 London Games (Dr. Sammy Lee who was a good friend of hers, won the gold medal in the men’s platform diving competition and was of Korean descent). After the Olympic Games, Vicki turned professional and performed in various aquatic shows with celebrities such as Esther Williams and in Buster Crabbe’s “Aqua Parade”. Afterwards, she returned to Montrose, California to start a family. She and her husband/coach, Lyle Draves opened a swimming and diving program at Indian Springs. Vicki Draves passed away in 2010.
