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- Greg Louganis is the only
- diver to win both the
- springboard and platform
- events in two Olympics in
- a row (1984 and 1988).
-
- Greg was adopted soon after his birth and
- grew up in El Cajon, California. He took
- dance classes when he was young. That
- helped him in his diving, where he combined
- his natural grace with an amazing acrobatic
- ability.
-
- At 16, he competed in the 1976 Olympics. He
- nearly beat the best diver in the world at the
- time, earning a silver medal. Had it not been
- for the U.S. boycott of the 1980 Olympics
- (the U.S. and other countries did not
- compete at the Games, held in