Lesley Bush
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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
- ^ "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 |