Jevon Tarantino

Jevon Tarantino
Personal information
Nationality:	United States
Discipline (s) :	Artistic / synchronized jumping
Society:	Fort Lauderdale Diving Team
Birthday:	January 30, 1984
Place of birth:	Boynton Beach, Florida
Size:	173 cm
Weight:	73 kg

Jevon Tarantino (born January 30, 1984 in Boynton Beach ) is a former American water diver who competed in artificial jumping from the 1-meter and 3-meter board and in 3-meter synchronized jumping.

Tarantino has been part of the national team since 2001. He trained under Dave Burgering at the Fort Lauderdale Performance Center and started for the Fort Lauderdale Diving Team . Tarantino's breakthrough in international championships came at the 2005 World Cup in Montreal , where he reached the final from the 1-meter board and was fifth. In the same year he also won his first national championship title from the 1-meter board. The 2007 World Cup in Melbourne was less successful, this time Tarantino retired from the 1-meter board in the preliminary fight. He qualified the following year for the Olympic Games in Beijing . In the 3-meter synchronized jumping competition, he and Christopher Colwill reached fourth place and missed a medal by just a few points. In 2009 Tarantino ended his active career. He won a total of four national championship titles between 2005 and 2008.

Tarantino studied at the University of Tennessee and started for the university's sports team, the Volunteers . In 2004 he was able to win a title at the college championships from the 1-meter board.

Web links

• Jevon Tarantino in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Biography on USA Diving (English)
• Profile of Jevon Tarantino at the Institute for Applied Training Science

Individual evidence

1. ^ Jevon Tarantino. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 15, 2014 ; accessed on March 1, 2012 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.