Susan McGreivy

Susan McGreivy
Personal information
Full name Susan McGreivy
National team  United States
Born (1939-10-24) 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 (née Susan Douglas Gray; born October 24, 1939) 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. 1 2 Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Susan Gray. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
  2. ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Swimming at the 1956 Melbourne Summer Games, Women's 400 metres Freestyle Round One. Retrieved January 27, 2013.
  3. ↑ Finding aid to the Susan McGreivy papers, 1975-1990 Coll2012.138
  4. ↑ 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
  5. ↑ Finding aid to the Susan McGreivy papers, 1975-1990 Coll2012.138
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