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Aileen Riggin
Aileen Riggin (Aileen Riggin Soule, 1906-2002), American diver and swimmer; first Olympic women's springboard champion, Antwerp 1920, at 14 years 119 days; 1924 silver and backstroke bronze.
Al White
Al White (Albert Cosad White, 1895-1982), American Stanford diver, first Olympic double diving champion, winning 3m springboard and 10m platform gold at Paris 1924; undefeated on 1m lowboard, 10 AAU titles, ISHOF honoree.
Albert Zurner
Albert Zürner (1890-1920), German diver from Hamburg's SV Stern, won 1908 Olympic springboard gold (85.50) and 1912 platform silver (72.60), finished fourth at 1906 Athens, and died in a diving accident.
Alejandra Orozco
Alejandra Orozco (Alejandra Orozco Loza), Mexican diver born 1997 in Zapopan, Jalisco; Olympic silver London 2012 and bronze Tokyo 2020 in 10m synchronized platform, four-time Olympian, retired after Paris 2024.
Aleksandr Portnov
Aleksandr Portnov (Александр Сталиевич Портнов), Soviet diver born 1961 in Baku, won men's 3 m springboard gold at the 1980 Moscow Olympics (905.025) amid a re-dive controversy, plus 1981 European gold and 1982 Worlds bronze.
Alessia Zecchini
Alessia Zecchini, Italian freediver born 1992 in Rome, multiple women's freediving world record holder with 123 m constant weight monofin and over a dozen world championship golds, subject of The Deepest Breath.
Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix
Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix (born 2004) is a British 10-meter platform diver who won Olympic bronze with Lois Toulson at Paris 2024, and is the daughter of Fred Sirieix.
Arvid Wallman
Arvid Wallman (Arvid Håkan Herbert Carlsson Wallman, 1901–1982), Swedish diver nicknamed Fågeln, won surprise gold in men's plain high diving at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics at age 19, placed eighth in 1924, and worked as a civil engineer.
Audrey Mestre
Audrey Mestre, French no-limits freediver, wife of Pipin Ferreras; died 12 October 2002 off the Dominican Republic when her lift bag failed at 171 m during a record attempt.
Axel Norling
Axel Norling (Karl Axel Patrik Norling, 1884-1964), Swedish gymnast, diver and tug-of-war competitor; bronze at 1906 Intercalated Games, team gymnastics gold at 1908 and 1912 Olympics alongside brother Daniel; later Alfa Laval director.
Betty Becker Pinkston
Betty Becker Pinkston (Elizabeth Anna Becker-Pinkston, 1903–1989), American Olympic diver; first woman to win two Olympic diving titles, gold in 1924 springboard and 1928 platform, silver 1924; wife and pupil of diver Clarence "Bud" Pinkston.
Bob Clotworthy
Bob Clotworthy (Robert Lynn Clotworthy, 1931-2018), American springboard diver: 1956 Melbourne Olympic gold and 1952 Helsinki bronze in 3-meter springboard, Ohio State champion, later coach and diving historian.
Bob Webster
Bob Webster (Robert David Webster, born 1938) is an American diver who won Olympic gold in the 10 m platform at Rome 1960 and Tokyo 1964, matching Sammy Lee's back-to-back feat, and later coached at Minnesota, Princeton, and Alabama.
Bruce Harlan
Bruce Harlan was an American diver who won the 1948 Olympic gold medal in 3 meter springboard and silver in platform diving, and later coached at Michigan.
Bud Pinkston
Bud Pinkston (Clarence Elmer Pinkston), American Olympic diver, 1920 platform gold and springboard silver, 1924 double bronze; four medals, an American record until Greg Louganis.
Carol Smith
Carol Smith (Caroline Smith, later Macias, 1906-1994), American diver from Cairo, Illinois; won 1924 Paris Olympic gold in women's plain high (10m platform), first US woman to win Olympic platform title.
Chang Yani
Chang Yani (昌雅妮), born 2001 in Xiantao, Hubei, is a Chinese 3m springboard diver. She won 3m synchro gold and individual 3m bronze at Paris 2024 with Chen Yiwen, plus five world titles.
Chantelle Michell Newbery
Chantelle Michell Newbery (born 1977, Melbourne) is an Australian diver, gold in the 10m platform at Athens 2004, Australia's first Olympic diving champion since 1924, with Athens synchro bronze.
Chen Aisen
Chen Aisen (陈艾森), Chinese diver born 1995 in Guangzhou, double 2016 Olympic 10m platform champion (individual and synchronized with Lin Yue), 2020 silver with Cao Yuan, three-time world synchro champion.
Chen Yiwen
Chen Yiwen (陈艺文), born 1999 in Haikou, Hainan, is a Chinese diver and Paris 2024 double Olympic champion in women's 3m springboard and 3m synchronised, with nine world championship golds and multiple Diving World Cup titles.
Chen Yuxi (陈芋汐)
Chen Yuxi (陈芋汐), born 2005 in Shanghai, is a Chinese 10m platform diver: two-time Olympic synchro champion (Tokyo with Zhang Jiaqi, Paris with Quan Hongchan), four-time world platform champion, 42 total AQUA and Olympic medals.
Deep diving
Deep diving (freediving): breath-hold descent to maximum depth in open water, via CWT, CNF, FIM, or variable-weight sled disciplines under AIDA and CMAS rules; median competition personal best 46.5 m, elite divers exceed 110 m.
Dick Degener
Dick Degener (Richard Kempster Degener, 1912-1995), American springboard diver: 1932 Olympic bronze and 1936 Olympic gold in men's 3m springboard, multiple AAU, NCAA, and Big Ten titles, ISHOF inductee 1971.
Dick Eve
Dick Eve (Richmond Cavill Eve, 1901-1970), Australian diver of the Cavill swimming family; won gold in plain high diving at Paris 1924, fifth in springboard; later Manly baths manager and Eve Rocker inventor.
Diving
Diving: acrobatic water entry from 1–3 m springboard or 5–10 m platform, judged 0–10 and multiplied by degree of difficulty; Olympic since 1904, synchro since 2000, China dominant.
Diving (sport)
Diving (sport): competitive springboard and platform acrobatic diving into water, judged by World Aquatics rules. Key facts: 1 m/3 m boards, 5-10 m platforms, DD 1.2-4.1, seven judges, Olympic since 1904, China's Paris 2024 eight-gold sweep.
Dmitry Sautin
Dmitry Sautin is a Russian diver, born in 1974 in Voronezh, who won eight Olympic medals across five Games from 1992 to 2008, the most of any male diver.
Dorothy Poynton-Hill
Dorothy Poynton-Hill (1915-1995), American diver, also Dorothy Poynton; four Olympic diving medals: 1928 springboard silver at 13 (youngest U.S. Olympic medalist), platform gold 1932 and 1936, 1936 springboard bronze.
Edmund Lindmark
Edmund Lindmark (Karl Edmund Lindmark, 1894–1968), Swedish gymnast and springboard diver from Umeå. Won team gymnastics gold (Swedish system) at Antwerp 1920, was fourth in springboard diving at Paris 1924, and took 1927 European 3 m springboard silver.
Erik Adlerz
Erik Wilhelm "Loppan" Adlerz (1892-1975), Swedish Olympic diver from Stockholms KK; first diver to win two golds at one Olympics (1912 platform and plain high diving), silver 1920, national coach 1932-57.