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4 unusual facts about Greg Louganis


Diving at the 1983 Summer Universiade

Future four-time Olympic champion Greg Louganis was preparing to climb the ladder to make his next dive when Chalibashvili was hurt; after thefatally injured Soviet was removed from the pool Louganis executed the very same dive.

Jack Laugher

Greg Louganis has been reported as being impressed with Laugher's diving.

Queer Nation

Queer Nation members show up en masse at Macy's department store where Olympic gold medallist Greg Louganis is promoting a new swimsuit line.

Sergei Chalibashvili

Well-known diver Greg Louganis was a participant in the competition and witnessed the incident.


Baruch Shemtov

Baruch has now added a wide range of interviews to his roster including Donald Trump, Paris Hilton, James Franco, Olivia Wilde, Chris Colfer, Danny Glover, Eric Mabius, Dennis Haysbert, OneRepublic, Morgan Spurlock, Jason Ritter, Greta Gerwig, Riley Keough, Ramona Singer, Greg Louganis, and others.

Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story

Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story is a 1997 TV-movie about diver Greg Louganis based on the best-selling book Breaking the Surface co-written by Greg Louganis and Eric Marcus that stayed on top of the New York Times Best Seller list for 5 weeks.

Coco Miller

They earned that award in 1999, becoming the first pair of twins to earn the award, and joining such luminaries as Carl Lewis, Greg Louganis, Bill Walton, Bill Bradley, Kurt Thomas, Jackie Joyner-Kersee and Janet Evans as recipients of the award.

Kenneth Cole Productions

In 2005, Cole spearheaded the “We All Have AIDS” awareness campaign with advertisements photographed by Mark Seliger and featuring such luminaries as Nelson Mandela, Tom Hanks, Will Smith, Elton John, Sharon Stone, Richard Gere, Elizabeth Taylor, Alicia Keys, Desmond Tutu, Natasha Richardson, Eric McCormack, Ashley Judd, Whoopi Goldberg, Harry Belafonte, Greg Louganis and Rosie O'Donnell.


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