American artist Norman Rockwell's painting titled Boy on High Dive (1947) shows a typical wooden springboard of the early 20th century era at the 20-foot height.
Deep water dive tank and diving board: The high dive was removed sometime in the 2000s.
In 1917, Britain used Persia as the springboard for an attack into Russia in an unsuccessful attempt to reverse the Russian Revolution of 1917.
Like most soap operas, the show had a large revolving cast over the years, serving as a springboard into professional acting for future stars, such as Richard Widmark.
John and Barbara Gilders-Dudeck are the parents of Diane Dudeck, the one-meter springboard gold medalist at the 1981 U.S. Indoor Diving Championships.
Many greats got their starts at the Brandeis-Bardin Institute including Rabbi Zalman Schachter-Shalomi the founder of Renewal Judaism, Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach, and served as the springboard for the American Israeli Folk Dance movement started by Dani Dassa and continued by his son David Dassa.
In the 1 metre springboard event he won the bronze medals at the 2007 World Championships and the European Championships in 2006 and 2008.
Barbara Sue Gilders (a 1956 graduate) represented the United States in the sport of springboard diving at the 1956 Summer Games.
At the 1956 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, springboard divers Jeanne Stunyo (a native of Gary, Indiana) and Mackenzie High School graduate Barbara Gilders-Dudeck were sponsored by the DAC.
His daughter, Cindy Shatto, competed in 3 Metres Springboard diving at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games and in Women's 10 metre platform diving at the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Aside from winning the Coupe de France, Guingamp is known for having served as a springboard for prominent players such as Didier Drogba, Florent Malouda, Fabrice Abriel, and Vincent Candela.
Phil "Flip" Boggs, gold-medal winner in springboard diving in the 1976 Olympic Games
Fletcher Gilders is the older brother of Barbara Gilders-Dudeck, a 1956 Olympic Games finalist in the three-meter springboard diving event; she finished a half-point from the bronze medal.
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During the summer of 1956, Gilders finished sixth in springboard diving at the US Olympic Team Trials; narrowly missing an opportunity to join younger sister (Barbara Sue) at the Melbourne Olympic Games.
The tournament served as a springboard into the professional game for some top prospects, such as Tristan Bowen (Los Angeles Galaxy), Andy Najar (D.C. United), Bryan Leyva (FC Dallas), Juan Agudelo (New York Red Bulls), Bill Hamid (D.C. United), Victor Ulloa (FC Dallas), and Ruben Luna (FC Dallas).
La Quebrada, an springboard moonsault attack used in professional wrestling invented by Yoshihiro Asai, better known by his gimmick name Último Dragón.
Her next novel, “Butterfly’s Shadow” set in mid-twentieth century America and Japan, takes Puccini’s opera Madame Butterfly as a springboard to send the characters into an imagined future.
The Folk Cottage provided a springboard for many performers who would later become nationally known including Wizz Jones, Jacqui McShee, Clive Palmer (co-founder of The Incredible String Band), and Ralph McTell.
She also claimed five gold medals at the Speedo USA Diving Spring National Diving Championships, including four from the individual and synchronized springboard (along with her partner Cassidy Krug).
She won her first medal aged 16 at the Juniores European Championships in Aachen, Germany, where she won the silver medal in the 3 metres springboard synchro competition, together with her mate Francesca Dallapè, and won the bronze medal in the platform event.
The group's popularity at the UCBT was a springboard to comedy careers for its members: Rob Riggle, a Marine who served in both Kosovo and Afghanistan, has been a cast member on Saturday Night Live and a correspondent on The Daily Show.
It became one of the more successful and better known VIA bands, recording a number of hits and serving as a springboard to fame for several Russian musicians, including Dmitry Malikov, Vladimir Presnyakov, Sr., and Alexander Barykin.
Her daughter, Ariel Rittenhouse, was an Olympic diver who placed fourth in the women's synchronized springboard at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and her brother, Mike Finneran, was an Olympic diver who competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
St. John's Central College in Association with WebWorks and the Digital Skills Academy in Dublin, offer the Springboard courses in digtial media.
In 2007, Hall of Fame trainer Carl Nafzger brought his 3-year-old Street Sense to Oldsmar for the Tampa Bay Derby, and the colt's victory was a springboard to his win in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs.