Bernard Wrightson
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Bernard Charles Wrightson (born June 25, 1944) is a former Olympic and Pan American Games gold medalist for the United States.[1] The Denver, Colorado, native[2] was primarily a three-meter springboard diver, but he also won a national AAU championship on the ten-meter platform. Between 1964 and 1968, Bernie Wrightson captured a total of eight USA Open titles in the sport of diving. He represented US at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, where he received a gold medal in Springboard Diving.[3]
Biography
Wrightson was raised in Denver, Colorado, where he attended Morey Junior High and Denver East High School.[2] He attended Arizona State University; in 1966 he was the National Collegiate Athletic Association champion on both the one and three-meter springboard. The following season, Wrightson won a gold medal at the Pan-American Games in Winnipeg. During the 1968 Games of Mexico City, Bernie moved in front during the first round – and never looked back; he set an Olympic record of 170 points to win the gold medal.[4]
Awards
He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in 1984.[4]
See also
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bernie Wrightson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020.
- ^ a b Moss, Irv (May 14, 2014). "Colorado Classics: Bernie Wrightson, Olympic champion diver". The Denver Post.
- ^ "1968 Summer Olympics – Mexico City, Mexico – Diving" Archived September 29, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. databaseOlympics.com. Retrieved June 13, 2008.
- ^ a b "Bernie Wrightson (USA) 1984". International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on May 29, 2007.
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- 1912: Paul Günther (GER)
- 1920: Louis Kuehn (USA)
- 1924: Albert White (USA)
- 1928: Pete Desjardins (USA)
- 1932: Michael Galitzen (USA)
- 1936: Richard Degener (USA)
- 1948: Bruce Harlan (USA)
- 1952: David Browning (USA)
- 1956: Bob Clotworthy (USA)
- 1960: Gary Tobian (USA)
- 1964: Kenneth Sitzberger (USA)
- 1968: Bernard Wrightson (USA)
- 1972: Vladimir Vasin (URS)
- 1976: Phil Boggs (USA)
- 1980: Aleksandr Portnov (URS)
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- 1988: Greg Louganis (USA)
- 1992: Mark Lenzi (USA)
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- 2004: Peng Bo (CHN)
- 2008: He Chong (CHN)
- 2012: Ilya Zakharov (RUS)
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