Sam Dorman

Sam Dorman (born August 30, 1991)[1] is a retired American diver. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics where he, along with his diving partner Michael Hixon, won a silver medal in the 3 metre springboard synchro event. Dorman attended the University of Miami.

Sam Dorman
Mike Hixon and Sam Dorman (right) at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1991-08-30) August 30, 1991
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight77 kg (170 lb)
Sport
Country United States
SportDiving
Medal record
Men's diving
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro 3 m synchro

Early life

Sam Dorman was born to Marla and Paul Dorman on and grew up in Tempe, Arizona. He has a brother living in Australia who plays for Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League in Australia. He attended Marcos de Niza High School in Tempe, and then went to University of Miami where he majored in mechanical engineering.[2]

Dorman began learning to dive when he was eight, and started to compete in diving competition when he was nine.[3]

Diving career

Dorman won three gold medals, on the 1- and 3-meter springboard events and the 3-meter synchro with Zac Nees, at the AT&T National Diving Championships in Iowa City in 2013.[4] In 2015, he won the 3-meter individual springboard at the NCAA SWimming and Diving Championships with a diving record of 529.10 point.[5]

Dorman partnered for a time with Kristian Ipsen in 2015 and early 2016, but teamed up with Michael Hixon after team changes in March 2016.[6] Dorman and Hixon won the U.S. trials in their first competition together.[3]

At the Rio Olympics, in their first international meet as diving partners, Dorman and Hixon won the silver medal in the 3m synchro with a score of 450.21, behind Jack Laugher and Chris Mears of Great Britain (454.32) but in front of the Chinese pair Qin Kai and Cao Yuan (443.70).[7]

References
  1. "Sam Dorman". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on August 6, 2016. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  2. "Samuel Dorman". University of Miami Athletics.
  3. Metcalfe, Jeff (August 1, 2016). "Sam Dorman extends Arizona's Olympic diving legacy". AZ Central.
  4. "Dorman-Nees win men's synchro". Associated Press. August 19, 2013.
  5. swimmerjoe (March 29, 2015). "COLLEGE Miami's Sam Dorman is Diving Champ". Florida Swim Network.
  6. Metcalfe, Jeff (June 19, 2016). "Arizonan Sam Dorman leads at Olympic Diving Trials". AZ Central.
  7. Kaufman, Michelle (August 10, 2016). "UM's Sam Dorman overcomes bad weather, green water in Rio to win silver diving medal in Summer Olympics".
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