CHAMPION SWIMMER
wife; of u.s. aviator Miss .Katherine II aw Is, America’s most versatile woman swimmer, Olympic star and world record’ holder,, wlioi has boon named l)yj the ISew South Wales Women’s Amateur Swimming Association as a possible recipient of its invitation to an overseas champion to, visit Australia this season is, in everyday life, the wife of an Indianapolis aviator. Miss Kawls was only lo when she was selected to- represent America in the springboard diving at the Olympic Games in Los Angeles in ,1932. She was also a member oi the diving team at. the Berlin Olympiad, but since then, has concentrated on swimming and she now holds 33 national swimming records for tree-style, backstroke, breast-stroke and .medley. Once when' asked if she wouldi turn professional, Miss Rawls said, “The only professional standing L want is that of a> good housewife.” . , /
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Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 160, 20 March 1939, Page 1
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143CHAMPION SWIMMER Opotiki News, Volume II, Issue 160, 20 March 1939, Page 1
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