Debbie Fuller
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Full name | Deborah Lynne Fuller | |||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Debbie" | |||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Canada | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Montreal, Quebec | 24 June 1966|||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Diving | |||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) |
Springboard, 1m & 3m Platform, 10m | |||||||||||||||||||||
College team | University of Florida | |||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Pointe-Claire Diving Club | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Deborah Lynne Fuller (born 24 June 1966) is a former competition diver who represented Canada at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. She won a bronze medal at the 1987 Pan American Games in and two gold medals at the 1986 Commonwealth Games.
Early years
Fuller was born in Montreal, Quebec.[1] Her older sister, Wendy Fuller, also competed as an international diver.[2]
Education
Fuller accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she dove for coach Randy Reese's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1984 to 1987.[3] She was recognized as an All-American four times during her American college career, and won the Southeastern Conference (SEC) individual championship in the one-meter springboard diving event in 1985.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Debbie Fuller. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Wendy Fuller. Retrieved July 7, 2012.
- 1 2 Florida Swimming & Diving 2011–12 Media Supplement, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 62, 64, 79 (2011). Retrieved April 11, 2012.