Farid Simaika, Olympic diver, in straight position during the flight of a dive, between 1928-1939

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Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds., Farid Simaika was an Olympic diver who was born in Alexandria, Egypt. He won a silver medal for platform diving at the 1928 Olympics. Later he performed in the Billy Rose Aquacades and was a stunt double in the 1931 film Seas Beneath., Farid Simaika, Olympic diver, in a straight position during the flight of a dive with his arms outstretched, Handwritten on negative: Farid Sanika [sic], Text from negative sleeve: Sanika [sic], Farid