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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- Louganis, Gregory Born 1960. American diver who competed in the Olympic games in 1976 and 1984, winning five medals. He was the first Olympic diver to score over 700 points in the platform competition.
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“Other rumored celebs who have expressed interest in joining Dancing with the Stars are Kate Gosselin, Olympic ice-skater Evan Lysacek, Olympic diver Greg Louganis, and Kevin Federline.”
“I wonder if that's what Greg Louganis' coach was shouting at him.”
“Today in Sports: In a prelim, diver Greg Louganis bangs his head on the diving board at the Seoul Olympics.”
“Louganis qualified for four Olympic teams (including the boycotted 1980 Moscow Games).”
Wilkinson's perfect round catapults her to third Olympic Games
“Dumais joins Greg Louganis as the only American men to compete in three Olympics in diving.”
Wilkinson's perfect round catapults her to third Olympic Games
“He will become just the second American man to appear in three diving Olympics, following Greg Louganis, who competed in four Games.”
“Lopez portrayed a homosexual as the star of Breaking the Surface: The Greg Louganis Story.”
“Louganis has hidden his affliction for an astonishing seven years, even from the cast members of the off-Broadway play "Jeffrey," which he appeared in as an HIV-positive chorus boy.”
“Mark had grown up a wrestling star in Virginia and started diving only at 18 after watching Louganis on TV.”
“Now in Barcelona, Louganis was gone, retired, and Tan intended to seize the day.”
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