Deborah Lynne Fuller (born 24 June 1966) is a former competition diver who represented Canada at two consecutive

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, starting in

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. She won a bronze medal at the

1987 Pan American Games The 1987 Pan American Games, officially known as the X Pan American Games, was a major international multi-sport event held in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, on August 7–23, 1987. Over 4,300 athletes from 38 countries in the Americas c ...

in and two gold medals at the

1986 Commonwealth Games The 1986 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a 'Cho-fhlaitheis 1986) were held in Edinburgh, Scotland, between 24 July and 2 August 1986. They were the second Games to be held in Edinburgh. Thirty two of the eligible fifty nine countries (largel ...

Early years

Fuller was born in

Montreal Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian ...

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes
Debbie Fuller
. Retrieved July 7, 2012. Her older sister,

Wendy Fuller Wendy Marie Fuller (born January 8, 1965 in Montreal, Quebec) is a retired diver from Canada, who represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics, finishing in 13th place in the Women's 10m Platform. In the same event she won a silver ...

, also competed as an international diver.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes
Wendy Fuller
Retrieved July 7, 2012.

Education

Fuller accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the

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in Gainesville, Florida, where she dove for coach

Randy Reese Randy Reese (born 1946) is an American college and Olympic swimming coach. Reese is best known for coaching the Florida Gators swimming and diving teams of the University of Florida to four national championships, and coaching the winners of ei ...

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team in

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(NCAA) competition from 1984 to 1987.
Florida Swimming & Diving 2011–12 Media Supplement
'', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 62, 64, 79 (2011). Retrieved April 11, 2012. She was recognized as an All-American four times during her American college career, and won the

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(SEC) individual championship in the one-meter springboard diving event in 1985.

References

1966 births Living people Anglophone Quebec people Canadian female divers Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Divers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Divers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Florida Gators women's swimmers Olympic divers of Canada Divers from Montreal Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Commonwealth Games medallists in diving Pan American Games medalists in diving Divers at the 1987 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games {{canada-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub

Early years

Education

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