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Michael Riley Galitzen, also known as Mickey Riley (September 6, 1909, Los Angeles, California – June 6, 1959, Hollywood, California) was an American diver who won four total medals, one gold, at the 1928 Summer Olympics and 1932 Summer Olympics.[1]

Olympic medalist
Riley and Duke Kahanamoku in 1927.
Medal record
Men’s diving
Representing the  United States
	1932 Los Angeles	3 m springboard
	1928 Amsterdam	3 m springboard
	1932 Los Angeles	10 m platform
	1928 Amsterdam	10 m platform

Galitzen won acclaim both for his individual diving and as a tandem diver with his brother John. He won two medals in diving at Amsterdam in 1928 as Michael Galitzen. In 1931 his coach suggested that the brothers use Americanized stage names — "Mickey Riley" and "Johnny Riley".^{[citation needed]} He won gold and silver medals in Los Angeles in 1932 under that name. After the Olympics, he worked as a film editor, and he and John appeared frequently in diving shows. He was found dead in his Hollywood apartment in 1959; the death was attributed to natural causes.[2]

Galitzen was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1977.

References

External links

• International Swimming Hall of Fame profile
• Hickoksports.com profile
• New York Times obituary, June 11, 1959 (subscription required)

На других языках

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- [en] Michael Galitzen

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[fr] Michael Galitzen

Michael Galitzen, né le 6 septembre 1909 à Los Angeles et mort le 9 juin 1959 dans la même ville, est un plongeur américain.

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[it] Michael Galitzen

Michael Riley Galitzen, detto Mickey Riley, (Los Angeles, 6 settembre 1909 – Hollywood, 9 giugno 1959), è stato un tuffatore statunitense. Ha rappresentato gli Stati Uniti ai Giochi olimpici di Amsterdam 1928 e Los Angeles 1932 vincendo una medaglia d'oro, due d'argento ed una di bronzo. Nel 1977 è stato inserito nella International Swimming Hall of Fame.

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