Mark Lenzi

Mark Edward Lenzi (born July 4, 1968 in Huntsville , Alabama , † April 9, 2012 in Greenville , North Carolina ) was an American water diver .

Lenzi began diving at Indiana University in 1986 and was runner-up in Perth in 1991 on the 3-meter board. At the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona , Mark Lenzi was the only one who managed to break the dominance of the Chinese jumpers and became Olympic champion. At the 1996 Atlanta Games , Lenzi won the bronze medal.

After retiring from competitive sports, Lenzi worked as a trainer at Indiana University. Suffering from low blood pressure, he died of a fainting attack.

literature

Volker Kluge : Summer Olympic Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 .
Sven Simon + SID : Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Albertville. Copress Verlag, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-7679-0351-2

Web links

Mark Lenzi in the International Swimming Hall of Fame (English)

Individual evidence

^ Olympic diving champion Lenzi died at 43. ( Memento from April 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Süddeutsche.de, April 10, 2012, accessed on April 10, 2012

personal data
SURNAME	Lenzi, Mark
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Lenzi, Mark Edward (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	american diver
DATE OF BIRTH	4th July 1968
PLACE OF BIRTH	Huntsville, Alabama
DATE OF DEATH	April 9, 2012
Place of death	Greenville , North Carolina

[1] Olympic diving champion Lenzi died at 43. ( Memento from April 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Süddeutsche.de, April 10, 2012, accessed on April 10, 2012