Deborah Lynne Fuller (born 24 June 1966) is a former competition
diver who represented Canada at two consecutive
Summer Olympics
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, starting in
1984
Events
January
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. She won a bronze medal at the
1987 Pan American Games
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in and two gold medals at the
1986 Commonwealth Games
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.
Early years
Fuller was born in
Montreal
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,
Quebec
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.
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Debbie Fuller
. Retrieved July 7, 2012. Her older sister,
Wendy Fuller
Wendy Marie Fuller (born January 8, 1965 in Montreal, Quebec) is a retired diver from Canada, who represented her native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics, finishing in 13th place in the Women's 10m Platform. In the same event she won a silver ...
, also competed as an international diver.
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Wendy Fuller
Retrieved July 7, 2012.
Education
Fuller accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the
University of Florida
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in Gainesville, Florida, where she dove for coach
Randy Reese
Randy Reese (born 1946) is an American college and Olympic swimming coach. Reese is best known for coaching the Florida Gators swimming and diving teams of the University of Florida to four national championships, and coaching the winners of ...
's
Florida Gators swimming and diving
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team in
National Collegiate Athletic Association
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(NCAA) competition from 1984 to 1987.
Florida Swimming & Diving 2011–12 Media Supplement
'', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 62, 64, 79 (2011). Retrieved April 11, 2012. She was recognized as an
All-American four times during her American college career, and won the
Southeastern Conference
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(SEC) individual championship in the one-meter springboard diving event in 1985.
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See also
* Florida Gators
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* List of University of Florida alumni
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* List of University of Florida Olympians
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References
1966 births
Living people
Anglophone Quebec people
Canadian female divers
Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada
Divers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Divers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Divers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
Florida Gators women's swimmers
Olympic divers of Canada
Divers from Montreal
Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada
Commonwealth Games medallists in diving
Pan American Games medalists in diving
Divers at the 1987 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games
Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
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