Kelly Anne McCormick (born February 13, 1960 in

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) is a retired female diver from the United States. She twice competed for her native country at the

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, winning a silver (1984) and a bronze medal (1988) in the Women's 3m Springboard event. Kelly is the daughter of the famous diving champion Pat McCormick and diving coach Glenn McCormick. Growing up in

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in the 1960s and 1970s Kelly’s first sport was gymnastics, and by the age of 13 she was an elite gymnast on the same team with Olympian Cathy Rigby. Kelly attended Los Alamitos High School where she began “playing around” with diving and then attended the

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to be coached by Vince Panzanno. By 1981 she had made the national team, and over the next ten years became a major figure of international status. In 1982 Kelly won the first of 9 National Championships (6-3m springboard, 3-10m platform) and an

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3m springboard championship. In 1983 she won the

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gold medal, but in 1984 she battled a back injury that hospitalized her for six weeks before the Olympic trials. After being convinced to not quit, she recovered to win the Trials and then the Olympic silver medal on the 3m springboard in Los Angeles behind Canada’s Hall of Famer Sylvie Bernier. In her second

(1987, Indianapolis) Kelly took the gold becoming the first woman to win two consecutive Pan Am springboard gold medals. She won the 1988 Olympic trials with a torn calf muscle and the Olympic bronze medal in Seoul behind Hall of Famer Gao Min of China. She now coaches at the same facility where she had her last meet, the

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at the King County Aquatic Center in

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She is married to Matt Robertson and resides in

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, Washington.Los Alamitos HS Hall of Fame – Kelly McCormick Robertson (’78)
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* 1960 births Living people American female divers Divers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in diving Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in diving Sportspeople from Anaheim, California Ohio State Buckeyes women's divers Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in diving Divers at the 1983 Pan American Games Divers at the 1987 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1983 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1987 Pan American Games {{US-Olympic-medalist-stub

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