Current Biography Excerpts: Diving

LOUGANIS, GREG
(loo-GAYN-uhs)
1960(?)- Diver.

Even before the 1984 Olympic Games, at which he became the first man in fifty-six years to capture the gold medals in both the springboard and platform diving competitions, Greg Louganis was considered by his fellow divers to be about as close to perfection as it is possible to be. Since taking the silver medal in the platform event at the 1976 Olympics, he has so dominated his sport, particularly on the springboard, that he has been virtually without rivals. The only diver ever to score straight perfect tens in an international competition, Louganis owns three World and four Pan American championships, and he recently won his twenty-ninth national crown, setting a record for most national diving titles.

Copyright © 1996 by The H. W. Wilson Co.

The complete article can be found on the Current Biography CD-ROM and in the 1984 Current Biography Yearbook.

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