George Sheldon (diver)

Medal record
Competitor for  United States
Men’s Diving
Gold 1904 St. Louis Platform

George Herbert Sheldon (May 17, 1874 – November 25, 1907) was an American diver who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics.

Sheldon was an eye doctor from St. Louis, MO. In the 1904 Olympics he won the gold medal in platform diving. He died in 1907 of an organic heart lesion.[1]

References

  1. ^ Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics, Toronto: Sport Classic Books. ISBN 1-894963-34-2

1904: George Sheldon (USA) • 1908: Hjalmar Johansson (SWE) • 1912: Erik Adlerz (SWE) • 1920: Clarence Pinkston (USA) • 1924: Albert White (USA) • 1928: Pete Desjardins (USA) • 1932: Harold Smith (USA) • 1936: Marshall Wayne (USA) • 1948 – 1952: Samuel Lee (USA) • 1956: Joaquín Capilla (MEX) • 1960 – 1964: Bob Webster (USA) • 1968 – 1972 – 1976: Klaus Dibiasi (ITA) • 1980: Falk Hoffmann (GDR) • 1984 – 1988: Greg Louganis (USA) • 1992: Sun Shuwei (CHN) • 1996: Dmitri Sautin (RUS) • 2000: Tian Liang (CHN) • 2004: Hu Jia (CHN) • 2008: Matthew Mitcham (AUS)

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