Bruce Kimball

Bruce D. Kimball ( born June 11, 1963 in Ann Arbor ) is a former American professional diver. He went to the 10 -meter platform diving. Among his greatest successes include winning an Olympic medal and two medals at World Championships.

Kimball's father Dick was a successful coach who has led many athletes to the Olympic Games and was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame. Thus was foreshadowed early on that Bruce Kimball diver would be. His career, however, seemed suddenly stopped when he suffered severe facial injuries in 1981 in a car accident. After nine months of injury, however, Kimball returned to the diving tower. He qualified for the World Cup 1982 in Guayaquil, where he won the bronze medal from the 10 - m tower. The following year, he was also successful at the Pan American Games in Caracas, where he won the silver medal. Again, a year later he celebrated his greatest sporting success. At the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles he won behind his compatriot Greg Louganis the silver medal from the tower. In 1986 he repeated the win the bronze medal from the tower at the World Championships in Madrid.

Shortly before the qualifying competition for the 1988 Olympics then ended Kimball's career abruptly. It caused under the influence of alcohol a serious car accident in which two children died and others were seriously injured. Only after it was announced that Kimball has long had a drinking and drug problem. He was sentenced to 17 years in prison, but was released early after almost five years. Since his release from prison Kimball works at New Trier High School in Winnetka as a trainer in the water jumping and volunteers his time in the field of drug prevention.