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Diving At The 1992 Summer Olympics
At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc, from 26 July to 4 August ( 30–31 July, rest days), comprising 100 divers from 31 nations. Medal summary The events are named according to the International Olympic Committee labelling, but they appeared on the official report as "springboard diving" and "platform diving", respectively.COOB'92 S.A. (Barcelona'92 Olympic Organizing Committee), p. 382. Men Women Medal table Participating nations Here are listed the nations that were represented in the diving events and, in brackets, the number of national competitors. See also * Diving at the 1991 Pan American Games * Diving at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Notes References * * {{Diving at the Summer Olympics 1992 Summer Olympics events 1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, Cal ...
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Piscina Municipal De Montjuïc
The Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc ( en, Montjuïc Municipal Pool) is a sports venue situated in the Olympic Ring in Barcelona. The venue consists of two swimming pools: a pool for diving and a 25m outdoor pool. It hosted the diving events and the water polo preliminaries for the 1992 Summer Olympics. The location of the venue on a slope of the Montjuïc hill gives a panoramic view of the city of Barcelona. The swimming pools are open to the public during the summer. History The venue, that used to consist of a single 50m pool, was opened in 1929 and refurbished to host the swimming events for the 1955 Mediterranean Games. In 1990, refurbishment works began for the 1992 Olympics: the two current pools were built and temporary grandstands were installed, boosting the capacity to 6,500 spectators. In 2003, the venue hosted the diving events of the 2003 World Aquatics Championships. It played the same role for the 2013 World Aquatics Championships, since the city of Barcelona rep ...
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Gao Min (diver)
Gao Min (; born September 28, 1970, in Zigong, Sichuan) is a female Chinese diver who won gold medals in the springboard event of the 1988 and 1992 Olympic Games. Diving career Gao learned how to swim at the age of four. At nine, she started gymnastics training, before she was spotted by a diving coach and persuaded to switch to compete in diving. She won her first major international competition - on the 3-meter springboard - in the World Championships in 1986. Nicknamed the "Diving Queen", Gao is one of the most dominant divers in the history of the sport. Undefeated in world competition on the 3-meter springboard between 1986 and 1992 (including Olympic Games gold medals both in 1988 in Seoul and 1992 in Barcelona). She is tied with the legendary Greg Louganis in winning the greatest number of international awards on one board. She is also the only female diver to surpass the 600-points mark in the event; and she did it three times. Gao was chosen as the World's Best Diver ...
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1992 Summer Olympics Events
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Diving At The 1992 Summer Olympics
At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Piscina Municipal de Montjuïc, from 26 July to 4 August ( 30–31 July, rest days), comprising 100 divers from 31 nations. Medal summary The events are named according to the International Olympic Committee labelling, but they appeared on the official report as "springboard diving" and "platform diving", respectively.COOB'92 S.A. (Barcelona'92 Olympic Organizing Committee), p. 382. Men Women Medal table Participating nations Here are listed the nations that were represented in the diving events and, in brackets, the number of national competitors. See also * Diving at the 1991 Pan American Games * Diving at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Notes References * * {{Diving at the Summer Olympics 1992 Summer Olympics events 1992 File:1992 Events Collage V1.png, From left, clockwise: 1992 Los Angeles riots, Riots break out across Los Angeles, Cal ...
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Diving At The 1994 Commonwealth Games
The diving competition at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada counted a total number of six medal events: three events for both men and women. Medalists Medal table Men Women Men's results 1 metre springboard 3 metre springboard 10 metre platform Women's results 1 metre springboard 3 metre springboard 10 metre platform See also * Diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics * Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics References Results {{DEFAULTSORT:Diving At The 1994 Commonwealth Games 1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which Sinking of the MS Estonia, sank in ... 1994 in water sports 1994 Commonwealth Games events ...
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Diving At The 1991 Pan American Games
This page shows the results of the Diving Competition for men and women at the 1991 Pan American Games, held from August 2 to August 18, 1991 in Havana, Cuba. There were three events, for both men and women. Men's competition 1m Springboard 3m Springboard 10m Platform Women's competition 1m Springboard 3m Springboard 10m Platform Medal table See also * Diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics References Sports 123Flipnrip.com diving website {{DEFAULTSORT:Diving At The 1991 Pan American Games Events at the 1991 Pan American Games 1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ... 1991 in diving ...
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Mary Ellen Clark
Mary Ellen Clark (born December 25, 1962) is an American diver who won Olympic bronze medals in diving at the 1992 and 1996 Summer Olympics. Background Clark attended Radnor High School, in Radnor, Pennsylvania. She received her B.S. in Health and Physical Education from Pennsylvania State University and her M.S. in Health and Physical Education from Ohio State University. Career Clark was "voted one of the top-10 women athletes in the country by the United States Olympic Committee in 1996" by the USOC. Clark's career also includes a stint as a member of the United States National Diving Team since 1996. She was also a three-time member of the United States Pan American Team and a seven-time National Champion. However, Clark suffered with Vertigo, resulting in dizzy spells. She went through natural holistic therapies to cure her disorder. ( Source: "Radical Cures." from A&E Channel program. "Mysteries of the Unexplained". uploaded from doc spots in YouTube) She has been ...
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Yelena Miroshina
Yelena Nikolaevna Miroshina (russian: Елена Николаевна Мирошина, 5 June 1974 – 18 December 1995) was a Russian diver, best known for twice winning the gold medal at the European Championships in the 10 m platform, and winning Olympic silver in 1992, where in the final she progressed from 8th place after 4 jumps to second. Miroshina competed in two consecutive Summer Olympics, and represented two countries: the Soviet Union (1988) and the Unified Team (1992). She was affiliated with Spartak during her career. Miroshina was the youngest participant among the 89 (49 men and 40 women) competitors from 31 countries at the Seoul Games, with 14 years and 105 days. Miroshina retired from competitions in 1995. The same year she was found dead under the windows of her apartment in Moscow. She was pregnant at the time of her death. The cause of death remains unknown.
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Fu Mingxia
Fu Mingxia (born August 16, 1978, in Wuhan, Hubei) is a retired Chinese Diving (sport), diver, multiple Olympic gold medalist and world champion. She won the platform-diving world championship in 1991 at the age of 12, making her the youngest diving champ of all time. She is also famous for being one of the youngest Olympic diving champions, having earned a gold at the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1992 Barcelona Games when she was just 13 years and 345 days old. Throughout the 1990s, Fu dominated the sport with her repertoire of extremely difficult dives. During the 2000 Sydney Olympics, Fu won her fourth gold medal, joining Americans Pat McCormick (diver), Pat McCormick and Greg Louganis as the world's only quadruple Olympic-diving champions. Early life and career Fu Mingxia was born into a working-class family in the city of Wuhan, located along the Yangtze, Yangtze River in central China. Inspired by an older sister, Fu enrolled in gymnastics at a local sports school at the ag ...
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Brita Baldus
Brita Pia Baldus (born 4 June 1965 in Leipzig, Saxony) is a German diver, who competed for East Germany until the unification in 1991. She was affiliated with the ''Sportclub Deutsche Hochschule für Körperkultur'' in Leipzig. She participated in the 1988 Summer Olympics for East Germany, placing seventh in the 3 metre springboard event. She then won a bronze medal in the same event at the 1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as .... ReferencesdatabaseOlympics* 1965 births Living people German female divers Divers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic divers for East Germany Divers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic divers for Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Germany Divers from Leipzig Olympic medalists in diving Medalists at th ...
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Irina Lashko
Irina Lashko (russian: Ирина Лашко; born 25 January 1973, in Samara) is a Russian diver who, after her marriage with an Australian, became known as Irina Furler. Lashko competed in four Summer Olympics The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ..., and represented four countries: the Soviet Union (1988), Unified Team (1992), Russia (1996) and Australia (2004). She won a total number of three Olympic medals, two silver and one bronze. Lashko was affiliated with the Melam Diving Club. References External links * 1973 births Living people Australian female divers Soviet female divers Russian female divers Divers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic divers of the Soviet Union Olympic divers of Russia Olympic divers of Australia Divers at the 1992 S ...
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Xiong Ni
Xiong Ni (; born January 11, 1974, in Changsha, Hunan) is a Chinese diver who won his first Olympic medal at the age of 14 at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea. He also competed at the Olympics in 1992, 1996 and 2000. Biography He attended an international competition for the first time in 1987, and won the title. He has since competed at the Olympic Games, winning 3 gold, 1 silver and one bronze medals; In addition, he has won 10 gold medals in the World Cup competition. In 1993, Xiong graduated from the Hunan University international business school, specialising in industry and foreign trade In 1997 and once again in 2001 after national games he announced his intention to retire. His biggest competitor Dmitri Sautin once paid him the tribute that, "I cannot claim to be the world's most outstanding diving athlete. In my opinion, the title of "King of Divers" belongs to Xiong Ni" Career highlights * In 1982 selected for the Hunan Province team. * In January, 1986 wa ...
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