Mary Ellen Clark (born December 25, 1962) is an American
diver who won
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bronze medals in diving at the
1992 and
1996 Summer Olympics.
Background
Clark attended
Radnor High School
Radnor High School is a public high school in Radnor, Pennsylvania. Of all high schools in Pennsylvania, Radnor is ranked 3rd by U.S. News & World Report, and 1st by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.
Overview
Radnor High School is the on ...
, in
Radnor,
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, ...
. 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
The Ohio State University, commonly called Ohio State or OSU, is a public land-grant research university in Columbus, Ohio. A member of the University System of Ohio, it has been ranked by major institutional rankings among the best publ ...
.
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 the Head Diving Coach at
Amherst College and
Mount Holyoke College since 2004,
and is the diving coach at
Amherst Regional High School (Amherst, Massachusetts)
Amherst Regional High School (ARHS) is a secondary school in Amherst, Massachusetts, United States, for students in grades 9–12. It is part of the Amherst-Pelham Regional School District, which comprises the towns of Amherst, Pelham, Leverett, ...
.
In 2008, Clark received New England Small College Athletic Conference Diving Coach of the Year honors, as well as NCAA Division III Diving Coach of the Year honors. She also coached 3 Amherst College divers to NCAA Division III Nationals qualifications in the 2007–2008 season, and one of her divers, Kai Robinson, was the 2008 NCAA Division III Men's National Diving Champion on both the 1 and 3 meter boards for 2008–09.
She coached the
Wellesley College diving team beginning in the 2012 school year through the 2014 season.
See also
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List of Pennsylvania State University Olympians
The List of Pennsylvania State University Olympians is a list of former or current Penn State students (129) and coaches/faculty members (12) that have made an appearance as athletes or medaled at the Olympic Games, plus one athlete for the boycott ...
*
List of divers
References
External links
databaseolympics.com
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1962 births
Living people
People from Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Sportspeople from Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
American female divers
Divers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Divers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in diving
Ohio State University College of Education and Human Ecology alumni
Ohio State Buckeyes women's divers
Mount Holyoke College faculty
American motivational speakers
Women motivational speakers
People from Radnor Township, Pennsylvania
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Penn State College of Education alumni
American women academics
Penn State Nittany Lions men's swimmers