Iván García (diver)

Iván García is a talented diver who can perform the most difficult dives all over the world. He has mastered a series of the most difficult dives since 2012. The dives which he uses now in the competition and their difficult degrees are respectively Forward 4½ Somersaults-Tuck 109C(3.7), Back 3½ Somersaults-Tuck 207C(3.3), Reverse 3½ Somersaults-Tuck 307C(3.4), Inward 4½ Somersaults-Tuck 409C(4.1), Forward 2½ Somersaults 3 Twists-Pike 5156B(3.8) and Armstand Back 2 Soms 2½ Twists-Free 6245D(3.6).[7] The total difficult degrees of his dives is 21.9, which is the highest in the world. Iván García is able to dive either the most difficult dive or the second most difficult dive in each of the six diving groups(forward, backward, reverse, inward, twisting and armstand groups). Among these dives, 409C is the most difficult dive being used around the world currently.[8] In 2012 London Olympic Games, Iván García and his partner Germán Sánchez placed second in the synchronized platform—the best performance of Mexicans in synchronized diving. However, due to the difficulty of his dives, he cannot perform perfectly all the time.

Iván García has turned to be a professional diver in 2009 in the FINA World Aquatics Championships. From then on, representing Mexico, he has been competing for FINA World Junior Diving Championships,[9] FINA World Aquatics Championships, Youth Olympic Games, Olympic Games, FINA Diving World Cup, FINA Diving World Series,[10] Pan American Games and Central American and Caribbean Games. He has won many medals of those competitions from 2010.[11] He is an Olympic silver medalist in 2012 and a bronze medalist in YOG(Youth Olympic Games) in 2010. In the FINA Diving World Cup in 2014, he won his first medal in the individual 10m Platform in a world-class competition.[12] What's more, he has won two gold medals in the Pan American Games in 2011, four gold medals in the Central American and Caribbean Games in 2010, 2014, and 2018.

^@with Germán Sánchez
^#with Zuñiga Adan

^?with Jonathan Ruvalcaba
^*with Arantxa Chávez

^with Andreas Isaac Villarreal
^§Veracruz, MEX held two legs of 2010 FINA Diving World Series.
^† Guadalajara, MEX held two legs of 2013 FINA Diving World Series.
^% With different pairs.