Katie Bell (born February 5, 1988) is an American diver from Columbus, Ohio. Bell competed in the Women's 10 m platform event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She qualified for her place after classifying 2nd in the 2012 United States Trials, behind teammate

Brittany Viola Brittany Ann Viola (born April 19, 1987 in Minnesota) is an American platform diver formerly for the University of Miami. In 2008 and 2011, she won the NCAA championship in diving's ten-meter platform. She was named to the United States diving ...

. After reaching ninth place in the preliminary round, she only managed to attain the 16th position in the semifinal and hence was eliminated from the event.

Early life

Bell was born three weeks prematurely and weighed only three pounds and four ounces. She was not expected to survive infancy. She was gravely injured in 2007 after flubbing a dive and landing on her stomach, sustaining a punctured lung, separated chest cartilage, and dislocated ribs.

References

External links

Katie Bell's profile on the London 2012 Olympics website
1988 births Living people Divers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic divers for the United States American female divers 21st-century American women Ohio State Buckeyes women's divers {{US-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub