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Facts

Born December 29, 1949 • Akron • Ohio
Died July 4, 1990 (aged 40) • Miami • Florida
Awards And Honors Olympic Games

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Olympic diving champion Phil Boggs
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Aileen Riggin, 1922.
Aileen Riggin
American swimmer and diver
Pat McCormick in midair
Pat McCormick
American diver
American diver Greg Louganis smiles with his hands on his hips, wearing two Olympic gold medals around his neck.
Greg Louganis
American diver
Pete Desjardins (left) and Johnny Weissmuller returning to the United States after the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam
Pete Desjardins
American diver
Olympic gold medalist Victoria Draves
Victoria Draves
American diver
Champion diver Georgia Coleman (center) at the 1932 Olympic Games
Georgia Coleman
American diver
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Al White
American athlete
Olympic diver Klaus Dibiasi
Klaus Dibiasi
Italian athlete
Shirley Babashoff, 1976.
Shirley Babashoff
American athlete
Fu Mingxia
Fu Mingxia
Chinese athlete
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Michael Riley Galitzen
American athlete
Diver Sammy Lee is presented with a gold medal at the 1948 Olympics in London
Sammy Lee
American diver
Sugar Ray Leonard in white trunks throws a punch at Marvin Hagler, who is blocking with his arms, during their 1987 middleweight title fight in a boxing ring.
Sugar Ray Leonard
American boxer and television commentator
Champion boxer Michael Spinks
Michael Spinks
American boxer
Wu Minxia
Wu Minxia
Chinese diver
Olympic diver Guo Jingjing
Guo Jingjing
Chinese diver
Shi Tingmao poses with a gold medal for the women's 3-meter springboard event at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Shi Tingmao
Chinese diver
Vasily Alexeyev of the Soviet Union lifts a loaded barbell overhead during the super heavyweight weightlifting competition at the 1976 Montreal Olympics.
Vasily Ivanovich Alekseyev
Soviet weightlifter
Champion swimmer Kornelia Ender
Kornelia Ender
East German swimmer
Nikolai Andrianov
Nikolai Andrianov
Soviet gymnast

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