David Pichler (born September 3, 1968) is an American Olympic

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representing the United States in 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta and in the

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in Sydney, where Pichler was elected team captain. Pichler and Mark Ruiz won the synchronized platform final at the FINA-USA Diving Grand Prix in May 2000 scored 301.26 points, ahead of 298.50 for Australians Mathew Helm and Robert Newbery. Pichler attended

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and The

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. In 1996 he publicly

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.Ghent, Bill (26 September 2006). "Making a Splash". The Advocate. Retrieved 7 January 2012.

References

David Pichler Biography and Statistics on Sports-reference

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