Bernard Wrightson

Bernard Wrightson
Medal record
Men's diving
Competitor for the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold 1968 Mexico City 3 metre springboard
Pan American Games
Gold 1967 Winnipeg 3 metre springboard

Bernard Charles "Bernie" Wrightson (born June 25, 1944) was an Olympic and Pan American Games gold medalist for the United States.[1] The Denver, Colorado native was primarily a three-meter springboard diver, but he also won a national AAU championship on the ten-meter platform. Between 1964 and 1968, Bernie Wrightson captured a total of eight USA Open titles in the sport of diving. He represented US at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, where he received a gold medal in Springboard Diving.[2]

Biography

Bernie Wrightson attended Arizona State University; in 1966 he was the National Collegiate Athletic Association champion on both the one and three-meter springboard. The following season, Wrightson won a gold medal at the Pan-American Games in Winnipeg. During the 1968 Games of Mexico City, Bernie moved in front during the first round – and never looked back; he set an Olympic record of 170 points to win the gold medal.[3]

Awards

He was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1984.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Bernie Wrightson". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
  2. ↑ "1968 Summer Olympics – Mexico City, Mexico – Diving". databaseOlympics.com. Retrieved June 13, 2008.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Bernie Wrightson (USA) 1984". International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on May 29, 2007.