Katherine Rawls

**Katherine Louise Rawls** (14 ga Yuni, 1917  – 8 ga Afrilu, 1982), wacce aka fi sani da sunanta **Katherine Thompson** da **Katherine Green**, 'yar wasan ninkaya ce ta Amurka kuma mai nutsewa . Ta kasance zakara a gasar ninkaya da dama a shekarun 1930. Ta kasance zakara a gasar Olympics ta 1932 a tseren mita 3 na springboard kuma a gasar Olympics ta 1936 ta sake lashe lambar azurfa a kan allon mita 3, yayin da take lashe lambar tagulla a matsayin wani ɓangare na ƙungiyar relay mai sauƙin gudu ta 4x100. 

## Aikin ninkaya
An haifi Rawls a Nashville, Tennessee ga William da Sadie Rawls a ranar 14 ga Yuni, 1917.   Ta koyi yin iyo tana da shekaru biyu,  a Saint Augustine, Florida, kuma ta fara yin iyo tana da shekaru bakwai a Tampa, daga wani dandamali mai tsawon ƙafa 25 (mita 7.6).  A lokacin aikinta na ninkaya, an san ta da **Katy** kuma ana yi mata lakabi da **The Minnow** .  'Yan'uwanta mata Dorothy (Williams  ), da Evelyn (McKee  ), suma zakarun ninkaya ne na jihar Florida,  kuma 'yan'uwan an san su da "Rawls' Diving Trio".  Tare da 'yar'uwa Peggy (Wedgworth  ) da ɗan'uwa Sonny, gwarzon mai nutsewa,     'Yan'uwan Ralings sun je gasar ƙananan yara da nune-nunen, a matsayin "Rawls' Water Babies". 

### 'Yan ƙasar Amurka na 1931
Rawls ta haifar da wani abin mamaki a Gasar Cin Kofin Ƙasa ta Amurka ta 1931 tana da shekaru 14 kacal, lokacin da ta doke tauraruwar Eleanor Holm a tseren mita 300 na mutum ɗaya, inda ta kafa sabon tarihi a duniya,   kuma washegari ta doke zakaran da ke kan mulki Margaret Hoffman a tseren yadi 220 na breaststroke .

## Gasar Olympics ta 1932
Rawls ta ƙaura daga Hollywood, Florida  zuwa Fort Lauderdale a shekarar 1932.  Ta sami tallafi daga Miami Beach don halartar gwaje-gwajen gasar Olympics ta 1932, kuma wani lokacin ana ɓata mata suna da wannan birnin.  A lokacin gwaje-gwajen, ba zato ba tsammani ta gaza cancanta a tseren mita 200 na breaststroke:   wanda kocinta ya gaya mata ta kiyaye ƙarfinta ta kuma yi niyya don samun matsayi na uku kuma na ƙarshe na cancanta, ta ƙare a matsayi na huɗu kaɗan.  Bayan rashin nasararta, ta yi kwale-kwale zuwa wurin nutsewa na springboard, inda ta doke zakaran Georgia Coleman a gwaje-gwajen da kyau.  Ta yi tsalle daga babban nutsewa saboda iska mai ƙarfi. 

A gasar Olympics ta 1932, Rawls ta fafata a gasar nutsewa ta mita 3, kuma ta zo ta biyu bayan Georgia Coleman don samun lambar azurfa, inda ta sha kashi a hannun abokiyar hamayyarta da ta doke a wasannin Amurka kwanan nan.

Rawls ta yi nasarar doke Coleman a gasar cin kofin ƙasa a watan Satumba: ɗaya daga cikin nasarori huɗu,  mafi girma da zai yiwu a haɗuwa ɗaya.  Ta ji daɗin nasara mai ɗorewa daga baya, sau da yawa tana fafatawa a wasannin baje kolin da na bikin, gami da " wasan ninkaya " a 1934 a gaban taron mutane 50,000, inda ta lashe kowace gasa.  Zuwa 1935, *jaridar New York Times* ta ɗauke ta a matsayin wacce ta fi so a cikin wasanni bakwai daga cikin tara da za a yi a Nationals masu zuwa, ya danganta da wanda ta zaɓa ta fafata a ciki.  Mafi kyawun wasannin ninkaya da ta yi sune wasannin ninkaya da na nesa,  babu ɗayansu da suka kasance wasannin Olympics a shekarun 1930. (Haɗin gwiwar ya yi amfani da bugun uku kawai: bugun malam buɗe ido bai rabu da bugun ƙirji ba har sai 1952.)

## Gasar Olympics ta Berlin ta 1936
Ta yi nasarar cancantar shiga tseren mita 100 na freestyle a gwaje-gwajen Amurka na Olympics na bazara na 1936 ta hanyar lashe tseren mita 100. Bayan ta yi tafiya zuwa Berlin, duk da haka, a gasar duniya mai zafi ta gasar Olympics ta mita 100, ta kare a matsayi na bakwai. Rawls ta lashe lambar tagulla a tseren mita 4 × 100 na mata tare da ƙungiyar Bernice Lapp, Mavis Freeman da Olive McKean . [1] A gasar nutsewa ta mita 3 ta springboard, ta lashe lambar azurfa, inda ta sha kashi ba zato ba tsammani a nutsewa ta ƙarshe, ga abokiyar karawarta Marjorie Gestring, wacce ita kanta take da shekaru 13 kacal. [2] Daga baya, Rawls ta mai da hankali kan yin iyo maimakon nutsewa. [3] [4]

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