Dick Eve

{{Short description|Australian diver}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox sportsperson |name= |image = Dick Eve 1920s.jpg | image_size = 260px |caption=Dick Eve in the 1920s |birth_date= 19 March 1901 |birth_place= [[Parramatta]], New South Wales, Australia |death_date= 13 March 1970 (aged 68) |death_place= [[Concord, New South Wales]], Australia | height = {{convert|1.68|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = |sport=Diving | club =Manly Amateur Swimming Club |show-medals=yes | medaltemplates= {{MedalCountry|{{AUS}}}} {{MedalOlympics}} {{MedalGold| [[1924 Summer Olympics|1924 Paris]] | [[Diving at the 1924 Summer Olympics - Men's plain high diving|plain high diving]]}} }}

'''Richmond Cavill''' "'''Dick'''" '''Eve''' (19 March 1901 – 13 March 1970) was an Australian [[diving (sport)|diver]] who competed in the [[1924 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/45197 |title=Dick Eve |work=Olympedia |access-date=13 October 2021}}</ref> He won the gold medal in the plain high diving and finished fifth in the [[Diving at the 1924 Summer Olympics - Men's 3 metre springboard|3 metre springboard event]].<ref name=r1/> He was the first Australian Olympic diver to win a gold medal.

== Swimming career == Following the 1924 Olympics, Eve was barred from membership of Manly Amateur Swimming Club as he was considered a professional since he managed manly baths and lived on site. His "professional status" meant he was also ineligible for selection for the [[1928 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite news |date=7 January 1928 |title=Talent Unexploited |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article234385121 |accessdate=1 March 2024 |newspaper=[[Smith's Weekly]] |location=New South Wales, Australia |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia |volume=IX |issue=47}}</ref>

== Personal life == Eve was the son of Albert Sidney Eve, a well-known swim instructor, and Fredda Cavill Eve, a member of the famous [[Cavill family|Cavill swimming family]]. His grandfather was [[Cavill family|Frederick Cavill]] and his brother was Australian sports administrator [[Jim Eve]].

==See also== * [[List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame]]

==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name=r1>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ev/dick-eve-1.html Dick Eve] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912005537/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ev/dick-eve-1.html |date=12 September 2015 }}. sports-reference.com</ref> }}

==External links== * [http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A140711b.htm Australian Dictionary of Biography entry] *{{SAHOF|richmond-cavill-eve}} * [http://corporate.olympics.com.au/athlete/dick-eve Australian Olympic Committee Profile]

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