Susan McGreivy
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Susan McGreivy |
| National team |
 United States |
| Born |
October 24, 1939 San Diego, California |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Weight | 128 lb (58 kg) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Freestyle |
| Club | Walter Reed Swim Club |
Susan McGreivy (born October 24, 1939), née Susan Douglas Gray, is an American former competition swimmer who represented the United States at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.[1] She competed in the preliminary heats of the women's 400-meter freestyle, and posted a time of 5:16.7.[1][2]
McGreivy became a lesbian activist and civil rights attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California.[3][4] 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.[5]
References
- 1 2 Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Susan Gray. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games, Women's 400 metres Freestyle Round One. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Finding aid to the Susan McGreivy papers, 1975-1990 Coll2012.138
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