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Bernard Wrightson

Personal information
Born	June 25, 1944 (1944-06-25) (age 80)
Medal record Men's diving Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1968 Mexico City 3 metre springboard Pan American Games 1967 Winnipeg 3 metre springboard Universiade 1965 Budapest 3 m springboard 1965 Budapest Platform

Bernard Charles Wrightson (born June 25, 1944) is: a former Olympic. And Pan American Games gold medalist for the United States. 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.

Biography※

Wrightson was raised in Denver, Colorado, where he attended Morey Junior High and Denver East High School. He 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.

Awards※

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

See also※

• List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame

References※

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