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| Full name | Scott Richard Donie | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | October 10, 1968 (age 56) Vicenza, Italy | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Kaili | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| College team | Southern Methodist University | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Morningside Divers, NY Woodlands Diving Team Miami Diving | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | T. Faulkenberry (Woodlands) Jim Stillson (SMU) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Scott Richard Donie (born October 10, 1968, in Vicenza, Italy) was a former American diver for Southern Methodist University who was a silver medalist in 10m platform diving in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, and participated in springboard diving in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics placing forth. He later became an accomplished Head diving coach for New York University and then Columbia University.[1]
He was born in Vicenza, Italy, on October 10, 1968, while his father served with the U.S. Army, and dove on a local summer swim team once his family moved to New Jersey. While commuting from the New Jersey area, Donie was fortunate to be mentored by Coach Jim Stillson at New York's Columbia University on his age group team, the Morningside Divers. When Donie's family made the move to Texas at 12, Scott began diving with Terry Faulkenberry's Woodlands Diving Team who greatly improved his diving and expanded his ambitions as a diver. He also dove for the Armadillo Diving during his time in Houston.[1]
Moving again, by his Senior Year in High School, Donie lived in Boca Raton, Florida and attended Spanish River Community High School where in April, 1986 he was the high point scorer in platform diving, his signature event, in the preliminaries of the U.S. Diving National Indoor Championships. While in the Boca Raton Area, Donie dove and trained with the Mission Bay Makos Swimming and Diving Team.[2][3] Donie was selected for the National American High School Team all four years and was a national champion twice.[1] In later years, Donie trained in the Fort Lauderdale area, and with Florida's Miami Diving.[4]
- ^ a b c "Texas Diving Hall of Fame, Scott Donie". tsdhof.com. Retrieved 2023-09-30.
- ^ McCash, Vicki, "Spanish River High Wins Most Scholarships", Boca Raton News, 24 June 1986, pg. 7.
- ^ "Diving Championships Have Surprise Leaders", Victoria Advocate, Victoria, Texas, 17 April 1986, pg. 16
- ^ "Olympedia Bio, Scott Donie". olympedia.com. Retrieved 2023-12-30.