Katherine Bell

This article is about water diver Katherine Bell; on the actress, see Catherine Bell .

Katherine Bell
Personal information
Nickname (s):	Katie
Nationality:	United States
Discipline (s) :	Tower / synchronized jumping
Society:	Ohio State Diving
Birthday:	5th February 1988

Katherine "Katie" Bell (born February 5, 1988 in Columbus ) is an American diver . She starts in 10 m tower and synchronized jumping.

Bell came to water jumping through gymnastics at the age of 13 . In 2005 she was accepted into the national team and has been competing in international competitions ever since. However, she was initially unable to qualify for the international season highlights. In 2010 Bell injured his shoulder and worried about the continuation of her career, but she returned to the tower the following year and celebrated at the US championship with second place from the 10-meter tower and the title with Mary Beth Dunnichay Successful national title fights in 10 m synchronized jumping. Bell achieved her greatest success to date at the 2012 Olympic qualification. With second place from the tower, she qualified for the Olympic Games in London .

Bell studied at Ohio State University in her hometown and also started for the university's sports team, the Buckeyes . She was trained there by Vince Panzano. In 2009 she was able to win a title at the college championships in high diving.

Web links

• Biography on USA Diving (English)
• Katherine Bell in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Former Ohio State diver Katie Bell headed to London Olympics. Retrieved July 24, 2012 . 
2. ↑ Katie Bell. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 12, 2012 ; accessed on July 24, 2012 . 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.