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She was the dominant figure in women's diving in the United States from 1965 to 1972, winning 10 national championships, including both springboard and platform events. At the 1968 Summer Olympics , she was in first place in the three meter springboard event when she broke her left arm on the ninth dive; she completed the tenth dive, but ...
On June 26, 2008, Wilkinson qualified as a member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Diving Team in diving by taking first place in the trials. She ultimately placed 9th in the Women’s 10m platform final. She announced her retirement and this Olympics would be her final competition.
She was named to the United States diving team for the 2009 World Aquatics Championships 2011 World Aquatics Championships held in Rome and Shanghai, respectively. Viola was named Captain of the U.S. Diving Team for the 2009 event. [2] Viola's Olympic dreams began when she watched the Magnificent Seven U.S. Gymnastics Team win gold in Atlanta ...
Vazquez competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic games representing Team Mexico and became the first female Olympic diver in UNC history. She finished sixth in the finals in the women’s 3-meter ...
Team USA diver Alison Gibson is leaving the Paris Olympics with some bruised feet — but with her pride still intact.. Gibson, 25, shocked the crowd at the women’s 3-meter springboard ...
Kelly Anne McCormick (born February 13, 1960, in Anaheim, California) is a retired Hall of Fame female diver from the United States. She dove for Ohio State University and twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics, winning a silver (1984) and a bronze medal (1988) in the Women's 3m Springboard event.
Prior to competing in the 1948 Olympics, Draves won a total of five United States diving championships. [1] Despite not finishing first in either springboard or platform events of the Olympic trials in Detroit, Draves made the team. [10] On August 3, 1948, she won her first springboard title in the London Summer Olympics. [11]
The stakes are high for women's diving stars Nike Agunbiade and Kristen Hayden, as one or both could become the first Black divers to represent Team USA at the Olympic Games. The pair have already ...