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(born Jan. 29, 1960, San Diego, Calif., U.S.) U.S. diver, considered the greatest diver in history. He was trained early in dancing, tumbling, and acrobatics. During his diving career, he won an unprecedented 47 national and 13 world championships, including two Olympic gold medals (1984) and one silver (1976). In 1982 he became the first diver ever to earn a perfect score of 10, and the following year he received 99 points in springboard competition. He was known for his graceful, effortless style. In 1995 he revealed that he had AIDS.

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Louganis, Greg E. (lūgā'nĭs) , 1960–, American diver, b. San Diego, Calif. He won gold medals in springboard diving and platform diving in the 1984 Olympics and repeated in both categories in 1988 despite a head injury incurred during the competition. In the 1990s he began a stage career, revealed that he had tested positive for HIV–the virus that causes AIDS–before the 1988 Olympics, and came to be regarded as a spokesperson for gays, especially in the sports community.
 
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Born 1960.

American diver who competed in the Olympic games in 1976 and 1984, winning five medals. He was the first Olympic diver to score over 700 points in the platform competition.


 
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Full name: Gregory Efthimios Louganis
Country Represented:  United States
Date of birth: January 29, 1960 (1960-01-29) (age 49)
Place of birth: El Cajon, California
Height: 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Event(s): 1m, 3m, 10m
Level: Olympian
College team: University of Miami and University of California, Irvine
Retired: yes

Gregory ("Greg") Efthimios Louganis (born January 29, 1960 in El Cajon, California) is an American Olympic diver who is best known for winning back-to-back Olympic titles in both the 3m and 10m diving events. He received the James E. Sullivan Award from the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) in 1984 as the most outstanding amateur athlete in the United States. Louganis is of Samoan/Swedish descent and was raised in California by his adoptive parents, a Greek-American couple.

At sixteen Louganis took part in the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, where he placed second in the tower event, behind Italian Klaus Dibiasi. Two years later, with Dibiasi retired, Louganis won his first world title in the same event. In 1978, he accepted a diving scholarship to the University of Miami where he studied theater, but in 1981 transferred to the University of California, Irvine, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts.

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Olympic Games

Louganis was a favorite for two golds in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, but an American boycott of the games prevented him from participating. Louganis won two world diving titles in 1982. In the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, with record scores and leads over his opponents, Louganis won gold medals in both the springboard and tower diving events.

After winning two more world championship titles in 1986, he repeated his 1984 feat in the 1988 Seoul Olympics, although not without difficulties: he suffered a concussion after hitting his head on the springboard during the preliminary rounds while performing a reverse 2 1/2 pike. He completed the preliminaries despite his injury, and went on to repeat the dive during the finals, earning the gold medal. His comeback earned him the title of ABC's Wide World of Sports "Athlete of the Year" for 1988.

Personal life

Louganis is openly gay and tested positive for HIV in 1988.[1] In the years since his diagnosis was made public, Louganis has been an outspoken HIV awareness advocate.

Greg currently competes actively in dog agility competitions with his dogs.[2]

References

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  2. ^ Zeigler, Mark (June 13, 2009), "Life for Louganis more about dogs than diving", The San Diego Union Tribune, http://www3.signonsandiego.com/stories/2009/jun/13/1n13louganis00465-life-louganis-more-about-dogs-di/ 

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Olympic Diving Champions in Men's 3 metre Springboard

1908: Albert Zürner (GER) • 1912: Paul Günther (GER) • 1920: Louis Kuehn (USA) • 1924: Albert White (USA) • 1928: Pete Desjardins (USA) • 1932: Michael Galitzen (USA) • 1936: Richard Degener (USA) • 1948: Bruce Harlan (USA) • 1952: David Browning (USA) • 1956: Bob Clotworthy (USA) • 1960: Gary Tobian (USA) • 1964: Kenneth Sitzberger (USA) • 1968: Bernard Wrightson (USA) • 1972: Vladimir Vasin (RUS) • 1976: Phil Boggs (USA) • 1980: Aleksandr Portnov (RUS) • 1984 – 1988: Greg Louganis (USA) • 1992: Mark Lenzi (USA) • 1996 – 2000: Xiong Ni (CHN) • 2004: Peng Bo (CHN) • 2008: He Chong (CHN)
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Olympic Diving Champions in Men's 10 metre Platform

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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World Diving Champions in Men's 3 metre Springboard

 1973 – 1978: Phil Boggs (USA)  •  1982 – 1986: Greg Louganis (USA)  •  1991: Kent Ferguson (USA)  •  1994: Yu Zhuocheng (CHN)  •  1998 – 2001: Dmitriy Sautin (RUS)  •  2003: Aleksandr Dobroskok (RUS)  •  2005: Alexandre Despatie (CAN)  •  2007: Qin Kai (CHN)
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World Diving Champions in Men's 10 metre Platform

 1973 – 1975: Klaus Dibiasi (ITA)  •  1978 – 1986: Greg Louganis (USA)  •  1991: Sun Shuwei (CHN)  •  1994 – 1998: Dmitriy Sautin (RUS)  •  2001: Tian Liang (CHN)  •  2003: Alexandre Despatie (CAN)  •  2005: Hu Jia (CHN)  •  2007: Gleb Galperin (RUS)
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Pan American Diving Champions in Men's 3 metre Springboard

 1951 – 1955: Joaquín Capilla (MEX) •  1959: Gary Tobian (USA) •  1963: Thomas Dinsley (CAN) •  1967: Bernie Wrightson (USA) •  1971: Mike Finneran (USA) •  1975: Tim Moore (USA) •  1979 – 1987: Greg Louganis (USA) •  1991: Kent Ferguson (USA) •  1995: Fernando Platas (MEX) •  1999: Mark Ruiz (PUR) •  2003 – 2007: Alexandre Despatie (CAN)
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Pan American Diving Champions in Men's 10 metre Platform

 1951 – 1955: Joaquín Capilla (MEX) •  1959: Alvaro Gaxiola (MEX) •  1963: Bob Webster (USA) •  1967: Edwin Young (USA) •  1971: Rick Early (USA) •  1975: Carlos Girón (MEX) •  1979 – 1987: Greg Louganis (USA) •  1991: Rioger Ramírez (CUB) •  1995 – 1999: Fernando Platas (MEX) •  2003: Rommel Pacheco (MEX) •  2007: José Guerra (CUB)
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Universiade Diving Champions in Men's 3 metre Springboard

 1961 – 1963: Shunsuke Kaneto (JPN) •  1965: Rick Gilbert (USA) •  1967: Keith Russell (USA) •  1970: Klaus Dibiasi (ITA) •  1973: Vyacheslav Strakhov (URS) •  1977: ?? Bulatov (URS) •  1979: Aleksandr Kosenkov (URS) •  1981: Sergei Kuzmin (URS) •  1983: Greg Louganis (USA) •  1985 – 1987: Tan Liangde (CHN) •  1991: Li Deliang (CHN) •  1993: Xiong Ni (CHN) •  1995: Fernando Platas (MEX) •  1997: Imre Lengyel (HUN) •  1999: Wang Kenan (CHN) •  2001 – 2003: Wang Tianling (CHN) •  2005: Wang Feng (CHN) •  2007: Peng Bo (CHN)
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Universiade Diving Champions in Men's 10 metre Platform

 1961: Tadao Tosa (JPN) •  1963: Shunsuke Kaneto (JPN) •  1965: Rick Gilbert (USA) •  1967: Yosuke Arimitsu (JPN) •  1970: Klaus Dibiasi (ITA) •  1973: Nikolay Mikhaylin (URS) •  1977: Kent Vosler (USA) •  1979: Vladimir Aleynik (URS) •  1981: Li Hongping (CHN) •  1983: Greg Louganis (USA) •  1985: Tong Hui (CHN) •  1987: Li Kongzheng (CHN) •  1991: Wu Feilong (CHN) •  1993: Xiong Ni (CHN) •  1995: Cheng Wei (CHN) •  1997: Xiao Hailiang (CHN) •  1999: José Antonio Guerra (CUB) •  2001: Tian Liang (CHN) •  2003: Tian Liang (CHN) •  2005: Rommel Pacheco (MEX) •  2007: Hu Jia (CHN)

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