Ann Stewart Peterson (born June 16, 1947) is an American diver who competed in the 10 meter platform event. She won bronze medals at both the

1967 Pan American Games The 1967 Pan American Games were held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, from July 23 to August 6, 1967. Winnipeg was chosen as host of the Pan American Games on its second try. It first bid for the 1963 Games at the 1959 PASO meeting in Chicago ...

and 1968 Olympics. Peterson won the

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championships and the U.S. Olympic trials in 1968.

Early life

Peterson began participating in competitive diving in 1957 with ''Dick Smith's Swim Gym'', but quit in 1960 to move with her parents to

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. She joined the ''Gold Creek Swim Gym'' after arriving in Washington. Prior to Peterson's stint in the Olympics, she won the Junior National Amateur Athletic Union Women's 3 meter diving championship in Arizona in 1962, with a score of 394.60 points.

Diving

1967 Pan American Games

Peterson received the bronze medal at the 1967 Pan American Games in the women's 10-meter platform diving championship, losing to gold medal winner American

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. Bush received a score of 541.0 points, Boys received a score of 515.45 points, and Peterson received 491.50 points.

1967 National Intercollegiate Championships

Peterson won two gold medals for diving at the 1967 National Intercollegiate Championships later in the same year that she participated in the 1967 Pan American Games.

1968 Summer Olympics

In 1968, Peterson attended

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studying physical education. During this time, she gained a spot on the United States' Olympic diving team by competing in the women's 10 meter platform competition for the Olympic trials. It was reported by ''

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'' the day after Peterson's win that "the mark of Miss Peterson's performance last night was consistency". She was in the lead going into the finals with 169.86 points, later adding 46.74 points, 50.82 points, and 51.75 points to her last three dives. Before this accomplishment, Peterson had not dived for six years. She was the first athlete during the three-day Olympic trials to take first place in both the preliminaries and finals.

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, placed second. During the

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, she won a bronze medal in the women's 10 meter platform. Peterson's diving was the first footage of the 1968 Summer Olympics coverage to be aired by

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in the eastern United States.

References

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Ann Peterson Olympic Trials with pictures
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