Susan McGreivy
Personal information | |
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Full name | Susan McGreivy |
National team | ![]() |
Born | San Diego, California, U.S. | October 24, 1939
Died | November 30, 2019[1] | (aged 80)
Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
Weight | 128 lb (58 kg) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Freestyle |
Club | Walter Reed Swim Club |
Susan Douglas McGreivy (née Gray; October 24, 1939 – November 30, 2019) was an American competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.[2] She competed in the preliminary heats of the women's 400-meter freestyle, and posted a time of 5:16.7.[2][3]
McGreivy became a lesbian activist and civil rights attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California.[4][5] She had a "leading role" in a range of ACLU gay and lesbian civil rights issues, including a case against the Boy Scouts of America, a defense of the Gay Games against the United States Olympic Committee, and defense of the Norton Sound Eight.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Susan McGreivy's obituary
- ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Susan Gray". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games: Women's 400 metres Freestyle Round One". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
- ^ a b Finding aid to the Susan McGreivy papers, 1975-1990 Coll2012.138
- ^ Russian #LGBTSports Federation among those honored by Federation of Gay Games Legacy Awards; Olympic athlete and civil rights advocate Susan McGreivy and LGBT sports pioneer Jean-Nickolaus Tretter also to be honored