 Chandler in 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jennifer Kay Bellamy Chandler | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 30, 1959 Langdale, Alabama, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 115 lb (52 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Diving | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Ron O'Brien Diving School, Columbus | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jennifer Kay Bellamy Chandler (born June 13, 1959) is a retired American diver who won the gold medal in the women's 3-metre springboard event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1] She also won a gold medal at the 1975 Pan American Games and a bronze medal at the 1978 World Aquatics Championships. She is also a seven-time national diving champion.[2]
Chandler started diving when she was nine. When she was 12 she went to the junior Olympics. In 1975 she won the AAU national indoor 1-meter springboard event. In 1976 she won the national indoor 3-meter springboard championship. She retired when she was 21 due to back injuries.[1]
Chandler was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame (ASHOF) in 1985.[3] She was also inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1987.[4] Chandler has done work as an expert commentator for several national television networks. She became the Educational Outreach Director for ASHOF in 2003.[5] She now works for the Lakeshore Foundation, a world-class rehabilitation and athletic training facility located in Birmingham, Alabama, as their Development and Special Events Coordinator.[6]
She earned a BFA in drawing and painting from The University of Arizona. She is married to John W. Stevenson, the publisher and editor of The Randolph Leader in Roanoke, Alabama.[2] Chandler is also a painter with work on display through the Art of the Olympians organization.
