Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston
{{short description|American diver}}
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1903|3|6}}
| birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1989|4|6|1903|3|6}}
| death_place = Detroit, Michigan, United States
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{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}
{{MedalGold | 1924 Paris | 3 m springboard }}
{{MedalGold | 1928 Amsterdam | 10 m platform }}
{{MedalSilver | 1924 Paris | 10 m platform }}
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Elizabeth Anna Becker-Pinkston ({{née|Becker}}, later Campbell; March 6, 1903 – April 6, 1989) was an American diver who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and in the 1928 Summer Olympics.
In 1916, when she was 13 years old, she was recognized as a promising future swimming champion.{{cite news|work=East Oregonian |location=Pendleton, Oregon | date=16 May 1916 |url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88086023/1916-05-16/ed-1/seq-8/ |title=Three Coming Champions}}
In 1924 she won the gold medal in the 3 metre springboard event as well as the silver medal in the 10 metre platform competition. Four years later she won the gold medal in the 10 metre platform event.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/50963 |title=Elizabeth Becker-Pinkston |work=Olympedia |access-date=13 October 2021}}
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- {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/betty-becker-pinkston-1.html |title=Betty Becker-Pinkston |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090318101329/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/be/betty-becker-pinkston-1.html |archivedate=2009-03-18 |df= }}
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Category:Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 1928 Summer Olympics
Category:20th-century American sportswomen
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