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Pat McCormick

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The Resume

    (May 12, 1930-March 7, 2023)
    Born in Seal Beach, California
    Four-time Olympic gold-medalist
    Olympic Springboard Gold Medalist (1952, 56)
    Olympic Platform Gold Medalist (1952, 56)

Why she might be annoying:

    She tried out, but failed to make the 1948 Olympics.
    She parlayed her Olympic medals into being paid to deliver motivational speeches.
    She has a masculine name.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She is undoubtedly the best U.S. female diver.
    She taught herself to dive.
    She mastered exceptionally difficult dives.
    Her daughter Kelly won two Olympic Diving medals, Silver (1984) and Bronze (1988).
    She was selected to the Olympic Hall of Fame (1985).
    She was selected #41 by Sports Illustrated for Women's Century's Greatest Sportswomen.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 84 Votes: 48.81% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 6 Votes: 83.33% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 6 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 8 Votes: 12.50% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 6 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 31 Votes: 48.39% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 10 Votes: 70.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 7 Votes: 28.57% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 71 Votes: 61.97% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 22 Votes: 40.91% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 43 Votes: 32.56% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 90 Votes: 45.56% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 120 Votes: 42.50% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 211 Votes: 42.18% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 293 Votes: 50.85% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 403 Votes: 44.67% Annoying