Brian Phelps

Brian Phelps
Brian Phelps, 1966
Personal information
Surname:	Brian Eric Phelps
Nationality:	United Kingdom
Discipline (s) :	Artistic diving / high diving
Birthday:	April 21, 1944
Place of birth:	Chelmsford
Size:	168 cm
Weight:	67 kg

Brian Eric Phelps (born April 21, 1944 in Chelmsford ) is a former British water diver who started in 3-meter diving and 10-meter diving. Phelps participated in two Olympic Games and won a medal. He also won several medals at European Championships and Commonwealth Games.

Phelps took part in the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome and won the bronze medal from the 10-meter tower. It was the first and, to date, the only medal awarded by a British water diver in high diving. At the Games in 1964 in Tokyo , he was in high diving sixth. Phelps was also successful at the European Swimming Championships . In 1958 in Budapest and 1962 in Leipzig he was European champion on the 10-meter tower, and in 1966 in Utrecht he won silver. At Commonwealth Games , Phelps won the 3-meter board and 10-meter tower titles in 1962 and 1966, after winning silver from the tower in 1958.

After his active career, he founded the OLGA gymnastics club with his wife Monica, who was a British gymnastics Olympian in 1964 . They trained numerous young athletes there. In 2008 Phelps was sentenced to nine years in prison for rape , attempted rape and sexual abuse of minors. Phelps had committed the deeds in the 1970s and 1980s.

Web links

Commons : Brian Phelps  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Brian Phelps in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ^ Olympian faces new indecency charges. Retrieved September 27, 2011 . 
2. ↑ Olympic diver jailed for attacks. Retrieved September 27, 2011 .