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Diving At The 1960 Summer Olympics
At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, four diving events were contested. Medal summary The events are labelled as 3 metre springboard and 10 metre platform by the International Olympic Committee,IOC medals database olympic.org and appeared on the 1960 Official Report as ''3-metre springboard diving'' and ''10-metre high diving'', respectively.The Organizing Committee of the Games of the XVII Olympiad, pp. 553-4. Men Women Medal table Participating nations * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *See also * |
Stadio Olimpico Del Nuoto
The Stadio Olimpico del Nuoto (Olympic Swimming Stadium) is an aquatics centre at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. Inaugurated in 1959, it was designed by the architects Enrico Del Debbio and Aniballe Vitellozzi to host the swimming, diving, water polo, and swimming portion of the modern pentathlon events for the 1960 Summer Olympics. The venue was refurbished to host the 1983 European Aquatics Championships, and reconfigured and expanded for the 1994 World Aquatics Championships. The stadium was the main venue of the World Championships again in 2009, and will host the European Aquatics Championships The European Aquatics Championships is the continental Aquatics championship for Europe, which is organised by LEN—the governing body for aquatics in Europe. The Championships are currently held every two years (in even years); and since 2022, ... in 2022. References1960 Summer Olympics official report.Volume 1. pp. 62–4.1960 Summer Olympics official report.Volume 2. P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Webster
Robert David "Bob" Webster (born October 25, 1938) is a retired American diver who won the 10 m platform event at every competition he entered between 1960 and 1964, including the 1960 and 1964 Olympics and 1963 Pan American Games. He later became a diving coach at the University of Minnesota, Princeton University, and the University of Alabama. He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1970 and the University of Michigan Athletic Hall of Honor in 1989. Competitive diving Born in Berkeley, California, Webster won his first collegiate diving title for Santa Ana Junior College, a school that did not have a pool. While at Santa Ana, Webster trained off a board in Olympic champion Sammy Lee's backyard sand pit. In 1957, Webster led the Santa Ana Dons to second and third-place finishes at the conference and state swimming and diving competitions. Sammy Lee was Webster's swimming coach at Santa Ana. Lee said, "Diving-wise, he was the greatest competitor I've ever ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1960 Summer Olympics Events
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diving At The 1960 Summer Olympics
At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, four diving events were contested. Medal summary The events are labelled as 3 metre springboard and 10 metre platform by the International Olympic Committee,IOC medals database olympic.org and appeared on the 1960 Official Report as ''3-metre springboard diving'' and ''10-metre high diving'', respectively.The Organizing Committee of the Games of the XVII Olympiad, pp. 553-4. Men Women Medal table Participating nations * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *See also * |
Diving At The 1959 Pan American Games ...
This page shows the results of the Diving Competition for men and women at the 1959 Pan American Games, held from August 27 to September 7, 1959 in Chicago, United States. There were two events, for both men and women. Men's competition 3m Springboard 10m Platform Women's competition 3m Springboard 10m Platform Medal table See also * Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics * Diving at the 1960 Summer Olympics References Sports 123 {{Events at the 1959 Pan American Games 1959 Events at the 1959 Pan American Games Pan American Games 1959 Pan American Games 1959 Pan American Games The 1959 Pan American Games were held in Chicago, Illinois, United States between August 28 and September 7, 1959. Host city selection One city initially submitted a bid to host the 1959 Pan American Games that was recognized by the Pan Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ninel Krutova
Ninel Vasilyevna Krutova (later Bezzabotnova; russian: Нинель Васильевна Крутова-Беззаботнова; born 3 January 1926) is a Russian retired diver. She competed at the 1952, 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics. Biography Krutova competed for the Dynamo Moscow club from 1943 and was nine times National Champion in the platform events and four times Springboard champion, she competed for her country for eight years from 1952. Krutova made her Olympic debut when she was 25 years old at the 1952 Summer Olympics, where she finished in fourth place in the 3 metre springboard and 14th in the 10 metre platform, four years later she was competing in the 1956 Summer Olympics, and in her only event the 3 metre springboard she finished in 10th place. Rome was the setting for the 1960 Summer Olympics, and in her third Olympics she was the bronze medal in the 10 metre platform, and also finished in fifth place in the 3 metre springboard even though she went in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Ferris (diver)
Elizabeth Anne Esther "Liz" Ferris (19 November 1940 – 12 April 2012) was a British diver. She was the third of four children to Roy Ferris, a dairyman and Dorothy Philomena. Raised in central London, she attended Francis Holland School and was a member of the ''Mermaids Swimming Club'' which was notable for training female athletes for the Olympics. Ferris won a bronze Olympic medal in the women's 3 metre springboard event at the 1960 Rome Summer Olympics. After her diving career, she worked in medicine and was an advocate for changing perceptions of women in sport. Her efforts were recognised by an Olympic order medal in 1980 and a lifetime achievement award by the British Olympic Association in 2011. Ferris's legacy was in her steadfast work to enhance women's opportunities in the Olympic games, as well as her work on gender biology, which encouraged the IOC to revise their definition of male and female bodies. Ferris had one daughter to husband Julian Steven. She suf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paula Jean Myers-Pope
Paula Jean Myers-Pope (November 11, 1934 – June 9, 1995) was an American diver and Olympic medallist. Life and career Born in La Verne, California, Myers-Pope was a member of the USA Olympic Diving Team three times. At 17 years of age, Paula Jean Myers won a silver medal in the 10 meter tower event at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland, a bronze medal in the same event at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, and two silver medals at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, one in the 3 meter springboard event and one in the 10M tower. She won two gold medals at the 1959 Pan American Games, in both platform and springboard. She has been inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Myers-Pope attended Ohio State University in the mid 1950s, and ultimately graduated with a degree in dental hygiene from the University of Southern California and became a dental hygienist A dental hygienist or oral hygienist is a licensed dental profes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingrid Krämer
Ingrid Gulbin ( Krämer then Engel-Krämer, born 29 July 1943) is a diver from East Germany, a multiple Olympic champion who won Olympic gold medals in both springboard and platform. Career Krämer competed in the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics for the United Team of Germany. She won gold medals in springboard and platform diving in 1960. She was the German flag bearer at the 1964 Games, where she competed under the name ''Engel-Krämer'' and won a gold medal in springboard and a silver medal in platform diving. Four years later at the 1968 Games she competed for East Germany and used the name ''Gulbin''. She finished fifth in the 3 metre springboard competition. She finished fourth in the springboard and eighth in the platform at the 1958 European Aquatics Championships and won both events in 1962. She retired after the 1968 Olympics to become a successful diving coach, training such athletes as Martina Jäschke, Beate Jahn, Jan Hempel, Michael Kühne, Heiko Meyer and Annett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Phelps (diver)
Brian Eric Phelps (born 21 April 1944) is an English former diver and convicted sex offender. Diving career He won the gold medal in the 10 metre platform at the 1958 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary, at the age of 14 and again in 1962 at age 18. He competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome at the age of 16, where he took bronze in the 10 metre platform event. He was also won four gold medals at the Commonwealth, with double gold in the 1962 and 1966 games on the 10 metre platform and the 3 metre springboard events. Phelps then went on to found the OLGA trampoline club along with his wife, Monica Rutherford, an Olympic artistic gymnast. The club, based in the South of England, has generated many international performers since its opening. These include current coach Nigel Rendell whose son, Luke Rendell, is a current international performer and Tom and Hannah Lewis, both of whom have won major titles, Hannah's being the 2003 European championships with Tom's th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan Botella
Juan Botella Medina (4 July 1941 – 17 July 1970) was a Mexican diver. He was born in Mexico City. He competed for Mexico at the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ..., where he won the bronze medal in the men's springboard event. Death He died on 17 July 1970, in Basurto, Mexico City, working on his thesis on architecture, because of hypertension suffering for a long time. References External linksJuan Botella's profile at Sports Reference.com * 1941 births 1970 deaths Mexican male divers Olympic bronze medalists for Mexico Divers at the 1956 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic divers for Mexico Divers from Mexico City Olympic medalists in diving Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Pan Ame ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diving At The 1956 Summer Olympics
At the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, four diving events were contested. Medal summary The events are labelled as 3 metre springboard and 10 metre platform by the International Olympic Committee The International Olympic Committee (IOC; french: link=no, Comité international olympique, ''CIO'') is a non-governmental sports organisation based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is constituted in the form of an association under the Swiss ..., and appeared on the 1956 Official Report as ''springboard diving'' and ''high diving'', respectively.The Organising Committee of the XVI Olympiad Melbourne 1956, pp. 591, 594. Men Women Medal table Participating nations * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * See also * Diving at the 1955 Pan American Games Notes References * * {{Diving at the Summer Olympics 1956 Summer Olympics events 1956 1956 in water sports Diving in Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
