Randy Dickison (died 1996) was a

high diver High diving is the act of diving into water from relatively great heights. High diving can be performed as an adventure sport (as with cliff diving), as a performance stunt (as with many records attempts), or competitively during sporting even ...

who made attempts at the world record high dive. Dickison attended Phillips Junior High School in

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with fellow future high diver Dana Kunze. In 1982 he executed a dive and landed head first. He attempted 4

world record A world record is usually the best global and most important performance that is ever recorded and officially verified in a specific skill, sport, or other kind of activity. The book '' Guinness World Records'' and other world records organizati ...

s for highest dives from , , , and . He attempted to set the high diving world record in 1985 with a dive at

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, but fractured multiple bones of his left leg in the attempt. Dickison died during a stunt dive into a giant sponge in Belgium in 1996.

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Video of Dickison's Hong Kong world record attempt
{{DEFAULTSORT:Dickison, Randy 1996 deaths Year of birth missing American male divers Diving deaths Male high divers Sport deaths in Belgium Sportspeople from Minnesota