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Richard Degener

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Diver (1912-1995)

United StatesActorsLived 1912 to 1995 · aged 83
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Richard Kempster Degener was an American diver and NCAA titlist who swam for the University of Michigan and the Detroit Athletic Club. He won a bronze and a gold medal in the 3 m springboard at the 1932 and 1936 Berlin Olympics, respectively.

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Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty1938 · ★ 6.7

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Richard Kempster Degener was an American diver and NCAA titlist who swam for the University of Michigan and the Detroit Athletic Club. He won a bronze and a gold medal in the 3 m springboard at the 1932 and 1936 Berlin Olympics, respectively. His Olympic diving coach, Dick Papenguth labelled Degener “the greatest of all divers.”

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United States
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deceased
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Lived 1912 to 1995 · aged 83
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