Marvelous set of three official diplomas issued to legendary American diver Greg Louganis at the Los Angeles 1984 Summer Olympics, including his two gold medal winner’s diplomas and his athlete’s participation diploma, each 14 x 15, each signed in blue felt tip by Louganis. The winner’s diplomas are both calligraphically inscribed to “Gregory Louganis, United States of America,” for “First Place” in the respective events of “Swimming – Platform Diving” and “Diving – Men’s Springboard,” with the lower portion of both bearing autopen signatures of four Olympic committee members (Juan Antonio Samaranch, Paul Ziffren, Peter V. Ueberroth, and Harry L. Usher) and the upper portion bearing the iconic ‘Stars in Motion’ logo for the Games of the XXIII Olympiad. The participation diploma is also inscribed to “Gregory Louganis” and bears printed Olympic committee signatures below. Includes an original diploma envelope from the 1984 LA Olympics. In overall fine condition.
At only 16 years of age, Greg Louganis earned his first Olympic medal when he placed second in the men’s 10-meter platform diving competition at the Montreal 1976 Summer Olympics. The boycott of the 1980 Moscow Games forced Louganis to wait eight years before his next Olympic opportunity in 1984. In his hugely anticipated return, Louganis amazed Los Angeles spectators by taking gold in both diving events: 3-meter springboard and 10-meter platform. Four years later, he won two more golds at the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics, thus becoming the only man and the second diver in Olympic history to sweep the diving events in consecutive Olympic Games.
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