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Edwin Frank "Win" Young (September 29, 1947June 22, 2006) was an American diver. He represented the United States at the
1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ...
in
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, where he won a bronze medal in 10 m platform.Win Young
sports-reference.com
Young was a six-time All-American diver for
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and won the gold medal in 10 m platform at 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 ...
. In retirement he coached diving at the
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. Young died in 2006, aged 58. He was survived by his daughter, Heather Marie Burgoyne.Edwin F. "Win" Young Obituary
''Arizona Daily Star''. June 29, 2006


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1947 births 2006 deaths American male divers Divers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in diving Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Phoenix, Arizona Divers at the 1967 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games {{US-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in diving