Bruce Kimball
Bruce Kimball 
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| Surname: | Bruce D. Kimball | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 United States
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| Discipline (s) : | Diving | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Birthday: | June 11, 1963 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth: | Ann Arbor, Michigan | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Size: | 172 cm | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight: | 62 kg | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Bruce D. Kimball (born June 11, 1963 in Ann Arbor ) is a former American water diver . He competed in the 10 m high diving. One of his greatest successes was winning an Olympic medal and two medals at world championships .
Kimball's father, Dick, was a successful coach who took many athletes to the Olympics and was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame . So it was determined early on that Bruce Kimball would also become a water diver. However, his career seemed to have come to an abrupt halt when he suffered serious facial injuries in a car accident in 1981. However, after a nine-month injury break, Kimball returned to the diving platform. He qualified for the 1982 World Cup in Guayaquil , where he won the bronze medal from the 10-meter tower. The following year he was also successful at the Pan American Games in Caracas , where he won the silver medal. Another year later he celebrated his greatest sporting success. At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles , he won the silver medal from the tower behind his compatriot Greg Louganis . In 1986 he repeated winning the bronze medal from the tower at the World Cup in Madrid .
Just before the qualifying competition for the 1988 Olympic Games , Kimball's career ended abruptly. While under the influence of alcohol he caused a serious traffic accident in which two children died and others were seriously injured. Only then did it become known that Kimball had had an alcohol and drug problem for a long time. He was sentenced to 17 years in prison, but was released early after almost five years. Since his release from prison, Kimball has been working at the New Trier High School in Winnetka as a diving instructor and is volunteering in the field of addiction prevention.
Web links
- Bruce Kimball in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ 'Sincerely, Bruce D. Kimball'. Retrieved February 2, 2012 .
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| SURNAME | Kimball, Bruce |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kimball, Bruce D. (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American diver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ann Arbor |