Diving

Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform orspringboard, usually while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.

Diving is one of the most popular Olympic sports with spectators. Competitors possess many of the same characteristics as gymnasts and dancers, including strength, flexibility, kinaesthetic judgment and air awareness. Some professional divers were originally gymnasts or dancers as both the sports have similar characteristics to diving.

Famous divers

• Australia: Matthew Mitcham, Mathew Helm, Chantelle Newbery, Robert Newbery, Dean Pullar, Melissa Wu, Rebecca Gilmore, Loudy Tourky, Brittany Broben and Jenny Donnet
• Canada: Myriam Boileau, Alexandre Despatie, Arturo Miranda, Blythe Hartley, Émilie Heymans, Anne Montminy, Beverly Boys, Irene MacDonald and Vincent Riendeau
• China: Qiu Bo, Fu Mingxia, Gao Min, Guo Jingjing, Hu Jia, Lao Lishi, Li Na, Li Ting, Wu Minxia, Peng Bo, Sang Xue, Tian Liang, Xiao Hailiang, Xiong Ni, He Chong, Chen Ruolin, Huo Liang, Wang Xin, Yang Jinghui, and Liang Boxi
• Colombia: Orlando Duque
• Germany: Jan Hempel, Patrick Hausding, Sascha Klein
• Italy: Klaus Dibiasi, Giorgio Cagnotto, Tania Cagnotto
• Malaysia: Pandelela Rinong, Ooi Tze Liang
• Mexico: Joaquín Capilla, Carlos Girón, Rommel Pacheco, Fernando Platas, Paola Espinosa, Yahel Castillo, Iván García,Germán Sánchez, Alejandra Orozco, Jonathan Paredes, Laura Sánchez and Jahir Ocampo
• New Zealand: Liam Stone, Elizabeth Cui
• The Netherlands: Edwin Jongejans
• Russia: Alexander Dobroskok, Gleb Galperin, Vera Ilina, Igor Lukashin, Ioulia Pakhalina, Dmitri Sautin and Ilya Zakharov
• Sweden: Anna Lindberg, Ulrika Knape
• Ukraine: Illya Kvasha, Oleksiy Pryhorov
• United Kingdom: Chris Snode, Leon Taylor, Peter Waterfield, Jason Statham, Tom Daley, Chris Mears, Grace Reid,Brian Phelps, Tonia Couch, Sarah Barrow, Jack Laugher, Alicia Blagg, Hannah Starling, Monique Gladding, Rebecca Gallantree
• United States: Hobie Billingsley, Phil Boggs, David Boudia, Lesley Bush, Jennifer Chandler, Mary Ellen Clark, Scott Donie, Troy Dumais, Michael Galitzen, Barbara Gilders, Fletcher Gilders, Kristian Ipsen, Bruce Kimball, Micki King, Dana Kunze, Beatrice Kyle, Sammy Lee, Mark Lenzi, Greg Louganis, Pat McCormick, Cynthia Potter, Aileen Riggin, Jeanne Stunyo, Laura Wilkinson, Wendy Wyland

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