16 Facts About Marjorie Gestring

Marjorie Gestring was a competitive springboard diver from the United States.

Marjorie Gestring remains the second-youngest Olympic gold medalist, as of 2025.

Marjorie Gestring has been inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame and the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame.

Marjorie Gestring won her first major title at the Amateur Athletic Union meeting at Chicago in 1936.

Marjorie Gestring became the youngest person ever to win an Olympic gold medal at the age of 13 years and 268 days, in what was considered to be an upset, given her competition.

Marjorie Gestring was part of an all-American top three in the final round, with Rawls winning silver and Dorothy Poynton-Hill winning bronze.

Rawls and Marjorie Gestring were described as being in a "duel" for the gold medal, in front of 15,000 spectators.

Marjorie Gestring won the US national title for 3-meter springboard in both 1938 and 1939.

Marjorie Gestring won the regional Far Western and Arizona State swimming championships in 1937.

Marjorie Gestring was US National Women's High Diving Champion for 1939, and retained the title in 1940.

Marjorie Gestring retained the title for the 3-meter springboard that same year.

Marjorie Gestring attempted to make the US team once more in the 1948 Summer Olympics, but did not qualify, finishing in fourth place in the team trials.

In 1943, at the age of 19, Marjorie Gestring married Edward Harrison Carter, then a student at UCLA.

Marjorie Gestring died on April 20,1992, after an accident in her home in Hillsborough, California.

Marjorie Gestring was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1976, and the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame.

Sports Illustrated listed Marjorie Gestring when deciding California's Best Women Athlete, though it eventually named the tennis player Billie Jean King.