Klaus Dibiasi

Klaus Dibiasi

Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	(1947-10-06) October 6, 1947 Solbad Hall, Austria
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Country	Italy
Sport	Diving
Medal record Men's Diving Olympic Games Gold 1968 Mexico City 10m Platform Gold 1972 Munich 10m Platform Gold 1976 Montreal 10m Platform Silver 1964 Tokyo 10m Platform Silver 1968 Mexico City 3m Springboard World Championships Gold 1973 Belgrade 10m Platform Gold 1975 Cali 10m Platform Silver 1973 Belgrade 3m Springboard Silver 1975 Cali 3m Springboard Summer Universiade Gold 1970 Turin 3m Springboard Gold 1970 Turin 10m Platform

Klaus Dibiasi (born October 6, 1947) is a former diver from Italy, who competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1964. He dominated the platform event from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s, winning a total number of three Olympic gold medals.^[1]

Biography

Dibiasi won a silver medal in platform diving at the 1964 Summer Olympics, and went on to win gold in the same event at the next three Games (1968, 1972, and 1976). Dibiasi is the only Olympic diver to have won three successive gold medals, and he is the only diver to have won medals at four Summer Olympics. A silver in the springboard in 1964 gave him a record total of five Olympic medals. He also excelled at the first two FINA World Aquatic Championships (1973 and 1975), winning four medals.

Dibiasi was born in Solbad Hall, Austria from Italian parents, who returned to Italy when he was a child. He was the first Italian to become an Olympic champion in a diving event. Dibiasi was coached by his father, Carlo, a former Italian champion (1933–1936) and a competitor at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, who finished 10th on the platform. Klaus Dibiasi also later coached the Italian diving team.

Achievements

Palmarès

Period	Individual						Team						Total
	Olympics			World Ch.			Olympics			World Ch.			Individual			Team			Individual + Team
																						Tot.
1964-1976	3	2	0	2	2	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	4	0	-	-	-	5	4	0	9

References

See also

• List of multiple Olympic gold medalists
• List of multiple Olympic gold medalists in one event
• List of multiple Olympic medalists in one event
• List of flag bearers for Italy at the Olympics
• Italian men gold medalist at the Olympics and World Championships

External links

• Klaus Dibiasi at Sports-Reference.com
• Profile on IOC-site
• Media related to Klaus Dibiasi at Wikimedia Commons

Summer Olympics
Preceded by Abdon Pamich	Flag bearer for Italy 1976 Montreal	Succeeded by Sara Simeoni