Wendy Wyland

Janna Wendy Wyland ( born November 25, 1964 in Jackson, † 27 September 2003 in Rochester ) was an American Water Diving. She jumped at the 3- m- art and in the 10 -meter platform diving. From the tower, she won the 1984 Olympic bronze in 1982 and became world champion.

Wyland began at the age of six years with the water jump. At 14, she moved to Mission Viejo to train at the local training center under coach Ron O'Brien. She jumped for the club Mission Viejo Nadadores. Wyland won in 1981 by 10 - m tower its first National and a year later at the World Championships in Guayaquil her first international title. At the Pan American Games 1983 in Caracas Wyland won silver from the 3 -meter board her only medal in springboard diving, they also won a gold medal from the tower. Wyland participated in the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles in part and won the bronze medal from the tower. However, they benefited from the absence of the diver from the Soviet Union and the GDR who missed the game due to the Olympic boycott. At the World Cup 1986 in Madrid Wyland won again the bronze of the tower, it was their last winning a medal at an international championship.

In the following years Wyland was repeatedly set back by injuries. They started at the beginning of the 1990s made ​​a comeback attempt, but could not build on their previous successes. She finished then their active career final.

Wyland later worked among other things as a coach of junior jumpers. In 2003 she died, probably from the effects of a brain aneurysm. In her honor is held annually in Fort Lauderdale, where she was also included in the Hall of Fame of the water jumping, competition Wendy Wyland Memorial Diving Invitational held.