{"id":512835,"date":"2022-09-07T15:25:54","date_gmt":"2022-09-07T22:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=512835"},"modified":"2022-09-07T15:25:54","modified_gmt":"2022-09-07T22:25:54","slug":"olympic-gold-medal-diver-david-boudia-announces-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-gold-medal-diver-david-boudia-announces-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Gold Medal Diver David Boudia Announces Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"

Olympic gold medalist David Boudia<\/strong> has announced his retirement from diving.<\/p>\n

Boudia, who won the gold medal on the 10-meter platform at the 2012 London Olympic Games, made the announcement Wednesday on social media.<\/p>\n

“What a ride it\u2019s been! The time has to come to officially announce my retirement from the sport that has shown me so much.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n
Diving has provided so many things I never would have dreamt of being able to do. Yes, winning the Olympics is the most notable accolade and hearing my name as \u201cOlympic Champion\u201d still sends shivers up my spine at times, but even more than that, it was because of diving I found my purpose in life: \u201cto glorify God and enjoy him forever.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s with great contentment and excitement, I close this chapter and move on to the next. You always hear people say you\u2019ll know when it\u2019s time to hang it up and I never really believed that. I do now. I took my final dive at Olympic Trials in 2021 and the following months were rough. But ever since that dive, not once have I had a feeling of \u201cI need to get back in\u201d. As many of you know, I am coaching along side Adam Soldati at Purdue University and I couldn\u2019t be more eager to continue to learn from one of the best. I look forward to continuing to be immersed in the diving world as a coach and see what the next chapter holds. Eyes set for Paris 2024, just in a new role!<\/p>\n
Finally, as I eluded to in my post after Trials last year, there are so many people to thank that it\u2019s almost impossible to do without missing anyone. So for that, I will say thank you to you (and say it in person when I see you!”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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A post shared by David Boudia (@davidboudia)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n