Hans-Dieter Pophal (born 22 November 1937) is a retired German diver. He competed in the

springboard A springboard or diving board is used for diving and is a board that is itself a spring, i.e. a linear flex-spring, of the cantilever type. Springboards are commonly fixed by a hinge at one end (so they can be flipped up when not in use), and ...

at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics and finished in eighth and fourth place, respectively. Pophal dominated the 3 m springboard event in the 1960s in Germany, winning all national titles in 1958 and 1960–1967; he also won a silver medal at the

1962 European Aquatics Championships The 1962 European Aquatics Championships were held in Leipzig, East Germany from 18 to 25 August 1962. Titles were contested in swimming, diving and water polo (men). In the men's swimming program, the 100 m backstroke had been replaced by the 200 ...

. He returned to competitions in the 1990s, winning world titles in the 1 m and 3 m springboard in the masters category in 1994; he also finished second in the 10 m platform. He is a son in law of

Olga Jensch-Jordan Olga Jensch-Jordan (née ''Jordan'', 13 March 1913 – 13 February 2000) was a German diver who specialized in the 3-meter springboard. In this event she won the European title in 1931 and 1934, and competed at the 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics ...

, who competed in the springboard at the 1932 and 1936 Olympics.

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1937 births Living people German male divers Olympic divers for the United Team of Germany Divers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1964 Summer Olympics European Aquatics Championships medalists in diving Divers from Berlin 20th-century German people {{Germany-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub