Greg Louganis
Diving

Greg Louganis began competing in diving at age 10.

By age 16, he had won his first Olympic medal, a silver medal on the platform in the 1976 Olympics. At age 24, he became the first man in 56 years to win two Olympic gold medals in diving by winning both the platform and springboard events. Four years later, competing against divers half his age, he became the first man to win double gold medals for diving in two consecutive Olympics.

Greg's diving accomplishments do not stop there. He is a six-time World Champion and has held 47 National Championship titles. At the Pan Am Games, he earned six gold medals, and in 1985 he was awarded the Sullivan Award as the nation's most outstanding amateur athlete.

At the 1988 Olympic Games, Greg was awarded the Maxwell House/United States Olympic Committee Spirit Award as the Olympic athlete who had best exhibited the ideals of the Olympic spirit, demonstrating extraordinary courage and contributing significantly to the sport.

Greg participated in Gay Games IV in New York in 1994.  In 1995, with Eric Marcus, Greg published his life story in "Breaking the Surface". Greg lives In Malibu, California.