Klaus Dibiasi
(IOC)
Updated: 2007-07-25 17:01
Mexico City, 20 October 1968, Games of the XIX Olympiad. Diving, 3m springboard: (L-R) on the podium during the medal ceremony, Klaus DIBIASI of Italy, 2nd, Bernard WRIGHTSON of the United States, 1st, and James Eward HENRY of the United States, 3rd. Credit: IOC Olympic Museum Collections
Born: 6 October 1947
Birthplace: Solbad Hall (Austria)
Nationality: Italy
Sport: Aquatics
ATTENDANCE AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES
Tokyo 1964
Mexico 1968
Munich 1972
Montreal 1976
AWARDS
Olympic medals:
Gold: 3
Silver: 2
Other results:
World Championships
Gold: 2 (73, 75)
Silver: 2 (73, 75)
Chairman of the Board
Italy's Klaus Dibiasi won a silver medal in platform diving at the 1964 Olympics, and went on to win gold in the same event at the next three Games (1968, 1972, 1976). Dibiasi is the only Olympic diver to have won three successive gold medals, and he is the only diver to have won medals at four Olympics. A silver in the springboard in 1964 gave him a record total of five Olympic medals. Dibiasi was born in Austria of Italian parents who returned to Italy when he was a child. He was the first Italian to become an Olympic champion in a diving event. Dibiasi was coached by his father, Carlo, a former Italian champion (1933-36) and a 1936 Olympian, who finished 10th on the platform. Klaus Dibiasi also later coached the Italian diving team.
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