Eleanor Garatti
Garatti in 1924 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Eleanor A. Garatti | ||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 12, 1909 Belvedere, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | September 9, 1998 (aged 89) Walnut Creek, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Laurence Edward Saville | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | San Rafael Swim Club Western Women's Club | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coach | James Ward (San Rafael SC) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Eleanor A. Garatti (July 12, 1909 – September 9, 1998), later known by her married name Eleanor Saville, was an American competition swimmer for the San Rafael and Western Women's Swim Clubs, a 4x100-meter freestyle relay Olympic gold medalist in the 1928 and 1932 Olympics, and a former world record-holder in sprint freestyle events. A graduate of San Rafael High, she helped set up Marin County's first Red Cross Swimming program, and lived in San Francisco after her June, 1930 marriage to Lawrence Saville, a construction engineer.