Esme Harris

Esme Harris
Personal information
Full nameEsme Gwyneth Harris
NationalityBritish
Born(1932-10-20)20 October 1932
Headington, Oxford, England
Died9 June 2023(2023-06-09) (aged 90)
Oxford, England
Sport
SportDiving
ClubHammersmith Ladies SC

Esme Harris (20 October 1932 – 9 June 2023) was a British diver. She competed in the women's 3 metre springboard event at the 1948 Summer Olympics[1] and was the youngest British Olympian that year at the age of fifteen.[2] After marrying, she became known as Esme Gibb.[2]

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Esme Harris Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b Pope, Rhianne (14 July 2012). "Ex-dinner lady's life as an Olympian". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 12 June 2022.