Sam Dorman (born August 30, 1991) is a retired American diver. He represented his country at the

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where he, along with his diving partner

Michael Hixon Michael Hixon (born July 16, 1994) is an American diver. He is a two-time Olympic medalist, having won the silver medal with Sam Dorman in the men's synchronized 3-meter springboard event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and the ...

, won a silver medal in the 3-meter springboard synchro event. Dorman attended the

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Early life

Sam Dorman was born to Marla and Paul Dorman and grew up in

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. He has a brother living in Australia who plays for Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League in Australia. He attended

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in Tempe, and then went to

where he majored in

mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and mathematics principles with materials science, to design, analyze, manufacture, and ...

. Dorman began learning to dive when he was eight, and started to compete in diving competition when he was nine.

Diving career

Dorman won three gold medals, on the 1- and 3-meter springboard events and the 3-meter synchro with Zac Nees, at the AT&T National Diving Championships in Iowa City in 2013. In 2015, he won the 3-meter individual springboard at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships with a diving record of 529.10 points. Dorman partnered for a time with

Kristian Ipsen Kristian Ipsen (born October 20, 1992) is an American diver, who has been diving competitively since 1998. Diving alongside Troy Dumais, they took the silver medal in the synchronized 3 meter springboard at the 2009 World Aquatics Championshi ...

in 2015 and early 2016, but teamed up with Michael Hixon after team changes in March 2016. Dorman and Hixon won the U.S. trials in their first competition together. At the Rio Olympics, in their first international meet as diving partners, Dorman and Hixon won the silver medal in the 3m synchro with a score of 450.21, behind

Jack Laugher Jack David Laugher ( ; born 30 January 1995) is a British diver competing for Great Britain and England. A specialist on springboard, he competes in individual springboard events, and in synchronised events with Chris Mears, Daniel Goodfello ...

and Chris Mears of Great Britain (454.32) but ahead of the Chinese pair Qin Kai and

Cao Yuan Cao Yuan (; born 7 February 1995) is a Chinese Diving (sport), diver and an Olympic gold medalist, having won three golds, one silver and one bronze in the Olympics. He has also won golds in diving at the FINA World Aquatics Championships, Wor ...

(443.70).

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dorman, Sam 1991 births Living people American male divers Divers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in diving Miami Hurricanes men's divers