Esme Harris

Esme Gibb (; 20 October 1932 – 9 June 2023) was a British diver. She competed in the women's 3 metre springboard event at the 1948 Summer Olympics and was the youngest British Olympian that year at the age of fifteen.

Early life and training Harris grew up in Oxford, and started diving from the age of six, with her father Evan Harris as her coach. and also did gymnastics. According to the Daily Mirror, Harris '"failed badly on two of her dives", causing the crowds to "[raise] their eyebrows" and groan in disappointment.

In July 1948, she placed first in the women's indoor springboard diving trials in Blackpool,

A French coach, Andrew Henry Caza, said of her performance at the 1948 Olympics, "Esme Harris is a real prospect for 1952. She is well-trained to get good height on her take-offs, and has steady balance and timing. She needs now to work on neater entries, with a better foot stretch, but she is very young and will gain this with experience."

Personal life In 1953, she married Jack Gibb, who was also a diver and gymnast. As an adult, she worked at Pressed Steel and at several schools as a dinner lady. As of 2012, she had six grandchildren. She died in Oxford on 9 June 2023, at the age of 90.