Have you seen today’s Google Doodle of a female athlete on the main page of the search engine? It’s truly a one-proud Filipino moment in the entire history!

The woman on the doodle is Filipino-American Victoria ‘Vicki’ Manalo-Draves, who won gold medals in the 3-meter springboard and 10-meter platform events in the 1948 London Olympics.

Today, 72 years ago, Draves' monumental win has celebrated by Google in honor of her remarkable feat in the Olympic history of the diving category.

Draves was born Victoria Manalo in San Francisco's South of Market District on Dec. 31, 1924. Her father Teofilo Manalo from Orani, Bataan, was a Filipino chef musician, and her Englishwoman mother was Gertrude Taylor.

She couldn't afford swimming lessons until she was 10, paying five cents to get into the Red Cross in the city's Mission district, and at the age of 16, she started to learn diving.

In an article published by cnet.com, it says that one of many obstacles she needed to overcome then was the rampant racial discrimination and prejudice against Asians during World War II.

"It didn't matter that Vicki was half Filipino (not Japanese) and a contender for the Olympic Team. If she were allowed to practice in public pools, they would often drain the pool after she finished training," her family told Google.

Draves had to change her name to Vicki Taylor due to racial discrimination and prejudice for being a Filipino to be accepted in the club.

Her determination and undeniable talents paved the way to greatness wherein she became the first Asian American to win an Olympic gold medal.

The Olympic legend had visited the Philippines shortly after her Olympic conquest and conducted diving exhibitions at the Rizal Memorial Complex and in other venues.

A two-acre park named ‘Victoria Manalo Draves Park’ was dedicated in her honor in San Francisco's South of Market district in 2006 where she was born and raised.

She died on April 11, 2010, at the age of 85 from pancreatic cancer.