Barbara Weinstein

Barbara Weinstein is a diver from Cincinnati, United States. She won a gold medal in platform diving at the 1979 Pan American Games[1] and a bronze medal at the 1977 Summer Universiade.[2]

This article is about the American diver. For the historian, see Barbara Weinstein (historian).
Barbara Weinstein
Medal record
Women's diving
Representing the  United States
Pan American Games
1979 San Juan Platform
Universiade
1977 Sofia Platform

She qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but did not compete due to the U.S. Olympic Committee's boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. She was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal instead.[3]

References
  1. "Pan American Games: Diving Medalists". HickokSports.com. Archived from the original on December 31, 2008. Retrieved December 6, 2008.
  2. "Universiade: Diving Medalists". HickokSports.com. Archived from the original on September 27, 2012.
  3. Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry. Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Highland Park, IL: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN 978-0942257403.


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