Victoria Draves was born Victoria Taylor Manalo in the South of Market district of San Francisco on December 31, 1924.

She would also win a gold medal for platform diving at the same Games. Draves was born Victoria Manalo in San Francisco's South of Market District on Dec. 31, 1924.

Join SOMA Pilipinas for a community celebration of two-time Filipina Olympian Victoria Manalo Draves, on her 100th Birthday Month with a free poster gift illustrated by SF artist Jenifer K Wofford ...

Victoria Manalo Draves, the first woman to win two gold medals in diving in the same Olympics and the first Asian American to win an Olympic medal, has died. She was 85. Mrs. Draves died April 11 ...

City Rejects Development That Would Cast Shadow on Victoria Manalo Draves Park The City Board of Supervisors voted 10-0 to appeal the development in SoMa By Jen Woo April 18, 2019 ...

A developer who wants to build a 63-unit building in San Francisco’s SoMa neighborhood next to Victoria Manalo Draves Park was turned down again Tuesday, this time by the SF Board of Supervisors ...

It’s Wednesday, and nowadays that means there’s Art in the Park for any person who drops by Victoria Manalo Draves park off Folsom Street near Sherman Street in SoMA. On a recent Wednesday, ...

The park is named for local diving champion Vicki Manalo Draves, the first Filipina-American to compete in the Olympic games. In 1948, she won two gold medals, in springboard and platform diving ...

By Kimberly Veklerov, Lead Digital ReporterApril 20, 2016 The Victoria Manalo Draves Park in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood was closed for several hours Wednesday following a ...