Chris Colwill
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Full name | Chris Colwill |
Born | Brandon, Florida |
September 11, 1984
Residence | Athens, Georgia |
Height | 178 cm (5 ft 10 in) |
Sport | |
Country | United States |
Event(s) | 1m, 3m, 3m synchro |
College team | University of Georgia |
Club | Georgia Dive Club |
Partner | Jevon Tarantino |
Chris Colwill (born September 11, 1984) is an American international diver from Tampa, Florida. Colwill graduated from Tampa Preparatory School in 2003 and dove for the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia under dive coach Dan Laak.
He is hearing impaired with a 60% hearing loss.[1]
Colwill competed at the FINA Diving World Cup in China in 2006 in the 1m event finishing third. He won the 2006 NCAA Division I national title in the 1m and 3m spring board. He was unable to compete at the 2007 NCAA national meet due to an injury but rebounded to take the first prize on the 1m spring board in 2008. Colwill was a member of the United States Olympic team at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, participating in the 3 meter springboard and the synchronized 3 meter with teammate Jevon Tarantino.[2]
He was also a member of the United States Olympic team at the 2012 Olympic Games in London in the 3 meter springboard.[3]
See also
References
External links
- Chris Colwill at teamusa.org
- Beijing 2008 Profile
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- University of Georgia alumni
- Georgia Bulldogs divers
- 1985 births
- Living people
- Divers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic divers of the United States
- Sportspeople from Tampa, Florida
- Deaf sportspeople
- American diving (acrobatics) biography stubs