same era, Margaret Ambrosia, stated that she would have expected Gestring to win the gold medal once more had the 1940 Olympic Games been held as planned. The United States Olympic Committee evidently agreed when they handed out gold, silver and bronze medals in lieu of the Games taking place, giving as they did the gold medal to Gestring. She attempted to make the US team once more in the 1948 Summer Olympics, but did not qualify, finishing in fourth place in the team trials. Marriage In 1943, at the age of 19, Gestring married Edward Harrison Carter, then a student at UCLA. Later life and legacy Gestring died on April 20, 1992, after an accident in her home in Hillsborough, California. She was 69. She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1976, and the Stanford Athletic Hall of Fame. Sports Illustrated listed Gestring when deciding California's Best Women Athlete, though it eventually named the tennis player Billie Jean King. Gestring's age record at the Olympics was broken by Kim Yun-mi at the 1994 Winter Olympics. See also List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame Notes References External links databaseOlympics 1922 births 1992 deaths People from Los Angeles Divers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in diving Stanford Cardinal women's divers American female divers Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics 20th-century American women