Patsy Willard

Mary Patricia ("Patsy") Willard (born May 18, 1941) is a former American diver, who attended and dove for Arizona State University, and won a bronze medal in the three-meter springboard at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics. She finished a close fourth in springboard diving at the 1960 Olympics. She took first in 1-meter springboard diving in December 1960 at the Mid-Winter Aquatic Festival in Phoenix.

Olympics She competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where she won a bronze medal in the 3 meter springboard event. Willard finished only .18 points behind American diver Jeanne Collier who took the silver, and finished around seven points behind Ingrid Engel Kramer of Germany, who took the gold medal. Through the first six dives of the preliminaries, Willard held the lead, but Kramer pulled ahead in the final dive of the preliminaries and maintained the lead throughout the last three dives. Kramer would prove to be an outstanding performer in Olympic competition.

Willard won a bronze at the 1963 Pan American Games in São Paulo, Brazil in the 3-meter springboard. At ASU, she was managed by Hall of Fame Dive Coach Dick Smith, who had coached her during several of her High School years. The Arizona women's swimming team was managed by Coach Mona Plummer.