David Boudia - - 2023 Diving Legend - - World Acrobatics Society

Boudia began diving at the age of 11 and five years later, in 2006, he became a member of the U.S. National Diving Team. He is a 21-time USA Diving national champion and while attending Purdue University, was a three-time Purdue Male Athlete of the Year and a six-time NCAA champion.

As a member of the 2008 U.S. Olympic team, he competed in the 10-meter platform and in the synchronized 10-meter platform. He and his synchro partner Nick McCrory medaled at the 2007 and 2009 World Championships, and at the 2012 London Olympics they received bronze and he won gold in the individual 10-meter platform diving. Boudia and synchro partner Thomas Finchum were 2009 World Championship (Rome) Silver Medalists and 2007 World Championship (Melbourne) Bronze Medalists. Boudia partnered with Steele Johnson at the 2016 Olympics in Rio, where they won a silver medal. In the individual 10-meter platform event, Boudia won a bronze.

Switching gears, Boudia authored the autobiography, Greater Than Gold and was a judge on the TV reality show Splash. He has been the Associate Diving Coach at Purdue University for the past three years.

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