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Gregory Efthimios Louganis (/ l uː ˈ ɡ eɪ n ɪ s /; born January 29, 1960) is an American Olympic diver who won gold medals at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics on the springboard and platform. He is the only man and the second diver in Olympic history to sweep the diving events in consecutive Olympic Games.
Greg Louganis, American diver who is generally considered the greatest diver in history. He won four Olympic gold medals and one silver, and at the 1982 World Aquatic Championships he became the first diver ever to earn a perfect score of 10 from all the judges.
Feb 28, 2024 · Though he was already widely considered to be a pillar in the Olympic diving community, by the time the 1988 Olympic Games came around in Seoul, Korea, he elevated his legendary status to near...
Greg Louganis is simply the greatest diver in history. Across the globe, billions who watched either the 1984 or 1988 Olympics were enthralled by the poetry that was Greg Louganis: the beauty and power of his diving captured the world.
Jun 10, 2021 · Greg Louganis knew something was off as soon as his feet left the springboard. It was September 19, 1988, and the U.S. diver who had won two golds at the previous Olympics, was competing in...
Greg Louganis is a five-time Olympic medalist in the three-meter and 10-meter diving events, and he is the first man in Olympic history to sweep the Diving events in consecutive Olympic Games. Born in San Diego, Louganis won a record 47 national titles and 13 world championships throughout his Diving career.
Biography. Silver at 16. Greg Louganis started competitive diving as a 10 year old. He took part in his first Olympic Games, the 1976 Montreal Games, aged just 16 and claimed silver in the 10m platform.
Biography. American Greg Louganis is considered the greatest diver of all time. After winning Olympic silver in the platform in 1976 as a 16-year-old, he missed the 1980 Games because of the United States’ boycott but returned to take the springboard-platform double in both 1984 and 1988.
He won four Olympic gold medals in the 3m Springboard and the 10m Platform Diving events. Starting at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics on home soil, Louganis claimed the Gold medal both on the ...
Greg Louganis dominated world diving competitions in the 1980s, scoring double gold medals in back-to-back Olympic Games. But a more meaningful triumph came years later, when he revealed to the...
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