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ATLANTA, Georgia, September 30. DAVID Boudia (Noblesville, Ind.) was honored as USA Diving's Athlete of the Year at the United States Aquatic Sports awards banquet Saturday night.
The 2008 Olympian won three national championships and five international medals throughout the year. Boudia, 19, started off the season with a bronze medal on 10-...
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LONG BEACH, California, January 22. THIS weekend, members of the diving community joined together for a surprise party planned for Dr. Sammy Lee.
Lee won gold medals at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics in diving, while winning the Sullivan Award during that time period as well. He also served on the President's Council for Physical Fitness during...
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By Sammy Lee, Guest Editorial Comment
PHOENIX, Arizona, November 11. RECENTLY, legendary diver Sammy Lee submitted a guest
editorial to
SwimmingWorldMagazine.com with his thoughts about divers going pro.
Lee, the first person to win diving titles in two consecutive ...
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By Sammy Lee, Guest Editorial Comment
PHOENIX, Arizona, November 5. RECENTLY, news came out that USA Diving's Athlete of the Year Thomas Finchum has passed over college and turn pro, as
reported by the
Indy Star.
This ...
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GARDEN GROVE, California, October 3. THOMAS Finchum was honored as USA Diving's Athlete of the Year at the United States Aquatic Sports awards banquet Saturday night.
Finchum, 17, won four national championships and 10 international medals throughout the course of the 2007 competitive season. He won a pair of national titles on both 10-meter...
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ANAHEIM, California, October 3. THE International Swimming Hall of Fame presented Adolph Kiefer with the Gold Medallion Award, ISHOF's highest honor, during the recent United States Aquatic Sports Convention banquet.
In a surprise, USA Swimming also presented Kiefer with a gold medal from the 1936 Olympic Games, to replace the one that had b...
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By
Jason Marsteller
PHOENIX, Arizona, January 21. TODAY, SwimmingWorldMagazine.com Rewind checks out this month in
Swimming World Magazine's history 30 years ago in its latest Splashback feature. January 1977 proved to be the 17th consecutive issue penned and published by the
Swi...
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FT. LAUDERDALE, Florida. May 9. THERE will be plenty of Olympic Gold medals floating around the annual International Swimming Hall of Fame induction Ceremonies, May 13, at the Greater Ft. Lauderdale Broward County Convention Center according to Bruce Wigo, president and chief executive officer of the hall of fame.
New to the list of star-studded...
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