Career
As Meta Elste, she was a competitor for the United States Women"s Olympic Gymnastics team at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom and the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki Finland. She learned her gymnastics at the Lincoln Turner Hall on the north side of the city. She briefly attended Lake View High, but after her father suffered a debilitating stroke she had to drop out at the age 14 to help earn money for her family.
Elste"s Olympic opportunities were delayed by World World War II, when the Games were cancelled in 1940 and 1944, but in 1948 and 1952 she was well-prepared to compete.
She was selected nine times for All-American honors by the Amateur Athletic Union.