Lesley Bush

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Medal record
Competitor for Flag of the United States United States
Women's Diving
Olympic Games
Gold Tokyo 1964 Platform

Lesley Bush (born September 17, 1947) is a diver from the United States and Olympic champion. She represented US at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, where she received a gold medal in Platform Diving.[1]

[edit] Awards

Bush was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1986.

She received a Silver Anniversary Award from the National Collegiate Athletic Association as part of the Class of 1995.

[edit] References

  1. ^ "1964 Summer Olympics – Tokyo, Japan – Diving" databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on April 18, 2008)


Preceded by
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
Lee Evans
Calvin Hill
William C. Hurd
Leroy Keyes
Jim Ryun
Silver Anniversary Awards (NCAA)
Class of 1995
Lesley Bush
Larry Echohawk
Kwaku Ohene-Frempong
Bob Lanier
Mike Phipps
Mike Reid
Succeeded by
Marty Liquori
Thomas Lewis Lyons
Cliff Meely
Kurt L. Schmoke
Joe Theismann
Jack Youngblood
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