Ariel Rittenhouse (born December 9, 1990) is an American diving athlete. Rittenhouse won a silver medal at the

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. At the

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, Rittenhouse placed 4th in the synchronized springboard. Her mother, Sharon Finneran, was an Olympic swimmer who won a silver medal at the

1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this honor was subseq ...

. Ariel was a diver at

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1990 births American female divers Living people People from Menlo Park, California Sportspeople from San Mateo County, California Divers at the 2007 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in diving 21st-century American sportswomen {{US-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub