Zoe Ann Olsen-Jensen

Born in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Olsen-Jensen is the daughter of Art Olsen and Norma Bragstad Olsen. Her father was a coach and school principal; her mother taught swimming and was described as "a pioneer of synchronized swimming." but she and her mother moved to Oakland, California, when her father enlisted for military service in World War II. ==Swimming==

When she was 9 years old, Olsen-Jensen won first place in girls' and women's diving in open swimming and diving competition in Neenah, Wisconsin. Olsen-Jensen won over 16 women divers and was the youngest of more than 100 participants in the Fox River Valley meet. At age 11, Olsen-Jensen was the only two-event winner in Iowa's state Amateur Athletic Union swimming meet, finishing first in diving and the 40-yard freestyle junior race. When she was 12, she finished third in the national junior AAU championship competition. In 1948, Olsen-Jensen won her first Olympic medal in springboard diving in London. ==Personal life==

On October 16, 1949, Olsen-Jensen married Jackie Jensen, a member of the Boston Red Sox baseball team, in Oakland, California. They had a daughter and two sons. On September 18, 1972, she married Don Bramham. ==Recognition==

Olsen-Jensen is a member of the Iowa Sports Hall of Fame. In three years, she was nominated for the James E. Sullivan Award, which goes to "the nation's outstanding amateur athlete, woman or man." ==See also==