Eleanor A. Garatti (July 12, 1909 – September 9, 1998), later known by her married name Eleanor Saville, was an American competition swimmer for the San Rafael and Western Women's Swim Clubs, a 4x100-meter freestyle relay Olympic gold medalist in the 1928 and 1932 Olympics, and a former world record-holder in sprint freestyle events.

[6][7][8] In a September 1927 meet at the San Rafael pool that featured swimming Olympian and future film star Johnny Weissmuller, Garatti lowered her 100-yard race time to 1:03.4.

Eleanor worked as a stenographer for the Pacific Gas and Electric Co. of San Rafael as did her coach James Ward.

[10] Showing her consistency in short distance events, Garatti captured four American National Sprint Championships between 1925 and 1929.

[13][14] Two and a half weeks later, in a National Meet in San Francisco on August 25, Albina Osipowich broke Garatti's short lived record for the 100-meter event by .4 seconds with a time of 1:09.4.

[13] With her trip sponsored by the merchants and citizens of San Rafael, Garatti attended the 1928 Olympic trials at Rockaway Beach, Queens, New York, on July 2, 1928, placing first in the 100-meter freestyle with a time of 1:10.6.

[17] The gold medal winning combined time for Garatti's 4x100-meter freestyle relay team swum on August 9 in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics was a world record 4:47.60.

The women's relay team that year consisted of Adelaide Lambert, Albina Osipowich, Garatti, and Martha Norelius with Josephine McKim and Susan Laird as alternates.

Her 1932 Olympic combined time as a member of the 4x100-meter relay event, was a world record 4:38.00, with the Netherlands and Great Britain taking the silver and bronze respectively.

[10][21] Requiring a temporary break from training and competition, on August 28, 1930 it was reported Garatti-Saville was resting after undergoing an operation for appendicitis.

[3] Garatti-Saville died on September 9, 1998, at 89 in Walnut Creek, California, and was buried in Oak Mound Cemetery in Healdsburg, Sonoma County, next to her husband Laurence who predeceased her in 1990.