Ann Stewart Peterson (born June 16, 1947) is an American diver who competed in the 10 meter platform event. She won bronze medals at both the 1967 Pan American Games and 1968 Olympics. Peterson won the Amateur Athletic Union championships and the U.S. Olympic trials in 1968.[1]
 Peterson at the 1968 Summer Olympics | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 16, 1947 (age 77) Kansas City, Missouri, US |
| Alma mater | Arizona State University |
| Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) |
| Weight | 52 kg (115 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Diving |
| Club | Gold Creek Swim Gym & Dick Smith Swim Gym |
Medal record | |
Early life
editPeterson began participating in competitive diving in 1957 with Dick Smith's Swim Gym, but quit in 1960 to move with her parents to Seattle, Washington. She joined the Gold Creek Swim Gym after arriving in Washington. Prior to Peterson's stint in the Olympics, she won the Junior National Amateur Athletic Union Women's 3 meter diving championship in Arizona in 1962, with a score of 394.60 points.[2]
Diving
edit1967 Pan American Games
editPeterson received the bronze medal at the 1967 Pan American Games in the women's 10-meter platform diving championship, losing to gold medal winner American Lesley Bush and silver medal winner Canadian Beverly Boys. Bush received a score of 541.0 points, Boys received a score of 515.45 points, and Peterson received 491.50 points.[3]
1967 National Intercollegiate Championships
editPeterson won two gold medals for diving at the 1967 National Intercollegiate Championships later in the same year that she participated in the 1967 Pan American Games.[4]
1968 Summer Olympics
editIn 1968, Peterson attended Arizona State University studying physical education. During this time, she gained a spot on the United States' Olympic diving team by competing in the women's 10 meter platform competition for the Olympic trials. It was reported by The Arizona Republic the day after Peterson's win that "the mark of Miss Peterson's performance last night was consistency". She was in the lead going into the finals with 169.86 points, later adding 46.74 points, 50.82 points, and 51.75 points to her last three dives. Before this accomplishment, Peterson had not dived for six years.[5] She was the first athlete during the three-day Olympic trials to take first place in both the preliminaries and finals. Lesley Bush, who previously scored eighth place in the event at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, placed second.[5]
During the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, she won a bronze medal in the women's 10 meter platform.[6][7] Peterson's diving was the first footage of the 1968 Summer Olympics coverage to be aired by ABC in the eastern United States.[8]
References
edit- ^ Ann Peterson. sports-reference.com
- ^ "Peterson Wins AAU Diving". Arizona Republic. July 5, 1962. p. 53. Retrieved July 13, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ex-Phoenician Takes 10-Meter Title". The Arizona Republic. July 31, 1967. p. 18. Retrieved July 13, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ann Peterson's diving". The Arizona Republic. December 17, 1967. p. 179. Retrieved July 13, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Ann Peterson Wins Diving". The Arizona Republic. August 24, 1968. p. 89. Retrieved July 13, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Organising Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad (1969). The Official Report of the Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico 1968, Volume 3: The Games (PDF) (in French and English). Mexico: Organising Committee for The Games of the XVIII Olympiad. p. 739. Retrieved July 13, 2019.
- ^ Rose, Murray (October 28, 1968). "Swimmers Sweep Four". Herald News. Mexico City. Associated Press. p. 51. Retrieved July 13, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Our man peeks in on Games' coverage". The Morning News. October 23, 1968. p. 27. Retrieved July 13, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
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Media related to Ann Peterson at Wikimedia Commons- Ann Peterson Olympic Trials with pictures
