Patsy Willard

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Mary Patricia ("Patsy") Willard (born May 18, 1941) is a former American diver, who attended and dove for Arizona State University, and won a bronze medal in the three-meter springboard at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. She finished a close fourth in springboard diving at the 1960 Olympics. Willard was born in Phoenix, Arizona on May 18, 1941. She was a 1959 graduate of Mesa High School in Mesa, Arizona, and swam for the Dick Smith Swim Gym. Representing the Dick Smith Gym in July 1959, she took second place in the women's National AAU 3-meter diving competition in Redding, California. She took first in 1-meter springboard diving in December 1960 at the Mid-Winter Aquatic Festival in Phoenix.

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1. date of birth: 1941-05-18 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
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