| Medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Competitor for  United States |
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| Women's Diving | |||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Gold | 2000 Sydney | 10 m platform | |
| World Championships | |||
| Gold | 2005 Montreal | 10m Platform | |
Laura Wilkinson (born November 17, 1977 in Texas) is an American diver. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Diving off a deck into the Great South Bay of Long Islandjpg|thumb|A man dives into the Great South Bay of Long Island. Diving was first introduced in the official programme of the Summer Olympic Games at the "I am proud and happy to proclaim that you have presented to the world the best Olympic Games ever The women's 10 metre platform was one of eight Diving events included in the Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics programme The FINA World Championships or World Aquatics Championships are the World Championships for aquatic sports diving swimming open water swimming synchronized swimming 2005 World Aquatics Championships or the XI FINA Championships were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from July 16 to July 31 Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Texas ( is a state geographically located in the South Central United States and is also known as the Lone Star State. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Diving off a deck into the Great South Bay of Long Islandjpg|thumb|A man dives into the Great South Bay of Long Island.
As a child, Wilkinson was a gymnast, but had to give up on the sport after a growth spurt during puberty made her too tall to continue. Gymnastics is a Sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength agility and coordination She wanted to occupy herself with another sport like gymnastics that would allow her to compete barefoot, but she had not yet made a final decision. For people with the name Barefoot see Barefoot (surname Going barefoot (also barefoot ed) means for a person not to use or One day, while swimming in the gym's pool, she witnessed a young female diver in-training execute an impressive dive, and she quickly developed an interest in the sport herself. Swimming is the movement by humans or animals through Water, usually without artificial assistance A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is an artificially enclosed Body of water intended for Swimming or Diving off a deck into the Great South Bay of Long Islandjpg|thumb|A man dives into the Great South Bay of Long Island. She would then take up platform diving, where in 1995, she joined the U. Diving off a deck into the Great South Bay of Long Islandjpg|thumb|A man dives into the Great South Bay of Long Island. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 S. national team.
Six months prior to the 2000 Summer Olympics, Wilkinson would suffer a serious muscular foot injury while intensely training, that kept her out of action for a couple of months. "I am proud and happy to proclaim that you have presented to the world the best Olympic Games ever A spasm is a sudden involuntary contraction of a Muscle, a group of muscles or a hollow organ, or a similarly sudden Contraction of an Orifice During this time, she used mental images to visualize her dives. Her over-strained foot was not fully recovered by the time she started diving again, but she was able to qualify for the Olympics. A strain is an Injury to a Muscle in which the Muscle fibers tear as a result of overstretching.
At the 2000 Summer Olympics, Wilkinson, who was still in pain from her cramped weak foot, was in eighth place after the first of five dives in the platform diving finals. Cramps, sometimes called Charley horses are unpleasant often painful sensations caused by contraction or over shortening of Muscles Cramps can be caused by cold However, a series of spectacular dives, combined with disappointing dives by the favorites, earned her the first gold medal for a female American platform diver since 1964. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Because of the injury, one of the things she did to compensate for the weakened foot was to start the dive on her hands- this was unprecedented at this level of competition. A handstand is the act of supporting the body in a stable inverted vertical position by balancing on the hands
Wilkinson would fail in her attempt to repeat in the same event at the 2004 Summer Olympics, as she finished in fifth place. The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was an International Multi-sport event which was celebrated However, she had already had an impact on her competitors. Several of them repeated the technique she used at the 2000 Olympics by starting their dives with a handstand.
At the 2005 World Aquatics Championships, she won the gold medal in the 10 meter event. 2005 World Aquatics Championships or the XI FINA Championships were held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada from July 16 to July 31
Wilkinson is a 2001 graduate of the University of Texas, where majored in public relations.
Laura also travels around the country speaking to girls at The Revolve Tour, a Christian girls confrence.
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