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Career Highlights
2005 World Championship Gold Medalist
2004 World Cup Platform Gold Medalist
2000 Olympic Platform Gold Medalist
Only woman in history to earn all three titles on platform
1998 Goodwill Games Platform Gold Medalist
Only American diver to win a
Goodwill Games Gold Medal in history
1995 World Cup Bronze Medalist in Platform Synchro
with partner Patty Armstrong
19 USA Diving National Titles
11 individual and 8 synchronized
14 Time USA Diving National Team Member (1995-2008)
2 Time NCAA Champion (1997 & 1999)
8 NCAA All American Honors
Over 30 Major National and International Gold Medals
2000 & 2005 Sullivan Award Finalist
2000, 2004 & 2005 USA Diving Athlete of the Year
2003 WHOSAM Recipient
2000 ARETE Award for Courage in Sports
2000 US Olympic Spirit Award
ESPY Nominee in 2000-
Female US Olympic Athlete of the Year
Team Captain or Co-Captain of:
2004, 2006 & 2008 World Cup Teams
2005, 2007 World Championship Teams
2008 Olympic Games
US Diving Athlete Representative 2000-2004, 2008-present
USA Diving Board of Directors, 2009-present
2000, 2004 & 2008 US Olympic Team Member
6 Time World Cup Team Member
4 Time World Championship Team Member
2003 Pan Am Games Team Member
1998 & 2001 Goodwill Games Team Member
1999 World University Games Team Member
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Vitals
Born:
November 17, 1977
Nickname: LaLa, LaLa
the diver, Wilkie
Current Residence:
The Woodlands, TX
Education: B.S. in
Public Relations
The University of Texas in Austin in 2001
Coach: Ken Armstrong
Height: 5'6"
Began diving: age 15
Sports/Activities prior: gymnastics,
tennis, softball, track, drill team, ballet
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Fun
facts
Dives receiving 10's:
from 10 meter: 107B, 307C, 407C, 5253B, 305C,
5231D, 403b,103B, & synchro 103B (with partner Jenny Keim
in 2000)
Highest scoring single dive:
307C at 2008 US Olympic Trials scored 102
points total, received seven straight perfect 10's!
5253B at 2005 US Nationals scored 102 points total, received
six perfect 10's!
Best score from 10 meter:
451.20- 2008 Olympic Trials (5 dives)
10 meter synchro- 327.66 at the 2008 Spring Nationals
with partner Jessica Livingston
3 meter: 536.73 at 1997 Outdoor Nationals (10 dives)
Broken bones:
Big toe on left foot ('95), thumb on right
hand ('99), 3 metatarsals on right foot (2000)
Countries visited on my travels:
Canada (7 times), Australia (6 times), Germany (5 times),
Spain (4 times), China (5 times), Greece (2 times),
Mexico (2 times), Korea (2 times), Dominican Republic, Russia,
Kuwait, Iraq, Italy
Surgeries: right foot
Nov. 14, 2000; right wrist Jan. 10, 2005; right wrist Aug.
7, 2006
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