Michael Galitzen

Michael Galitzen
Olympic medalist
Center
Riley and Duke Kahanamoku in 1927.
Medal record
Men’s diving
Competitor for the  United States
Gold 1932 Los Angeles 3 m springboard
Silver 1928 Amsterdam 3 m springboard
Silver 1932 Los Angeles 10 m platform
Bronze 1928 Amsterdam 10 m platform

Michael Riley Galitzen, also known as Mickey Riley (September 6, 1909, Los Angeles, California – June 6, 1959, Hollywood, California) was an American diver who won four total medals, one gold, at the 1928 Summer Olympics and 1932 Summer Olympics.

Galitzen was a native of southern California, and won acclaim both for his individual diving and as a tandem diver with his brother John. He won two medals in diving at Amsterdam in 1928 as Michael Galitzen. In 1931, he began calling himself Mickey Riley, and won gold and silver medals in Los Angeles in 1932 under that name. After the Olympics, he worked as a film editor, and he and John appeared frequently in diving shows. He was found dead in his Hollywood apartment in 1959; the death was attributed to natural causes.

Galitzen was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1977.

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