Swimming

Swimming

1980
Aug 31

Norman Ross – Swimming

Norman Ross

(May 2, 1895 – Jun 19, 1953) Norman Ross grew up in Portland at the turn of the 20th Century and won three gold medals at the 1920 Antwerp Olympic Summer Games. Born in Portland in 1896, Ross matured as a swimmer at the Multnomah Athletic Club under coach Jack Cody. Following a career at..Read More

Aug 31

Nancy Merki Lees – Swimming

Nancy Merki

(Jun. 1, 1926 – Oct. 7, 2014) Nancy Merki overcame the effects of polio to become a record-setting swimmer and member of the U.S. team at the 1948 London Summer Olympic Games. Born in 1926, Merki was diagnosed with polio at an early age and took up swimming at age 8 to reduce the effects..Read More