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Laura Ann Wilkinson (born November 17, 1977, in Houston, Texas) is an American diver, three-time Olympian, and Olympic gold medalist. She is the first woman to win the three major diving world titles. [1] Wilkinson retired in 2008. After nine years of retirement, she returned to competition in 2017 and placed second at Nationals.
Former diver and Olympic gold medalist Laura Wilkinson discusses her storied career, how she overcame adversity, and life lessons she took away from sports.
Laura Wilkinson United States: Li Na China: Anne Montminy Canada: 2004 Athens details: Chantelle Newbery Australia: Lao Lishi China: Loudy Tourky Australia: 2008 Beijing details: Chen Ruolin China: Émilie Heymans Canada: Wang Xin China: 2012 London details: Chen Ruolin China: Brittany Broben Australia: Pandelela Rinong Pamg Malaysia: 2016 Rio ...
Laura Wilkinson United States: Loudy Tourky Australia: Jia Tong China: 2007 Melbourne details: Wang Xin China: Chen Ruolin China: Christin Steuer Germany: 2009 Rome details: Paola Espinosa Mexico: Chen Ruolin China: Kang Li China: 2011 Shanghai details: Chen Ruolin China: Hu Yadan China: Paola Espinosa Mexico: 2013 Barcelona details: Si Yajie ...
22 September — Each diver performed five dives out of a group consisting of a front dive, a back dive, a reverse dive, an inward dive, a twisting dive and an armstand dive. There were no limitations in degree of difficulty. The 18 divers with the highest total score advanced to the semi-final. Semi-final
The U.S. is the all-time leader in Olympic diving medals. Until Sunday, it hadn't claimed individual hardware in 21 years after ceding the sport to China.
After countless setbacks and near-misses, Indy's Sarah Bacon finally gets her Olympics dream with spot on USA Diving team in Paris 2024.
21 August — Each diver performed five dives out of a group consisting of a front dive, a back dive, a reverse dive, an inward dive, a twisting dive and an armstand dive. There were no limitations in degree of difficulty. The 18 divers with the highest total score advanced to the semi-final. Semi-final