Iris Cummings
American swimmer, Olympic athlete, aviator · United States · On the map · Athletes · Lived 1920 to 2025 · aged 104
Iris Cummings, also known by her married name Iris Critchell, was an American aviator and competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany.
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![Critchell receives a Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) coin from SMC Vice Commander, Brigadier General Neil McCasland, March 28, 2007[8]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Iris_Critchell_receives_an_SMC_coin_from_SMC_Vice_Commander_Brig_Gen._Neil_McCasland.jpg/1280px-Iris_Critchell_receives_an_SMC_coin_from_SMC_Vice_Commander_Brig_Gen._Neil_McCasland.jpg)
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About this person
After an active athletic career in swimming, which included a reign as U.S. national 200-meter breaststroke champion from 1936 to 1939, she was accepted into the University of Southern California's first Civilian Pilot Training Program in 1939. After graduation, she worked as a flight instructor prior to being selected to serve her country during World War II as a member of the Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS) and Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs). Following the conflict, she returned to California, where she developed and taught a curriculum on civilian flight for veterans returning from the war at the University of Southern California.
