Bob Clotworthy

Background

Clotworthy was born in Newark, New Jersey.

Education

Ohio State University.

Career

He began training for his in high school, spending hours each day practicing dives and perfecting them. Clotworthy dove for the New Jersey’s Westfield High School team, “Plainfield Swim Club” and “Westfield Young Men’s Christian Association”, where coaches Editor Gillen and Stan Dudeck coached him. When he competed for the Olympics, he participated and dove for the “New York Athletic Club.” He went on to be coached in Ohio State by Mike Peppe.

Others who helped Clotworthy during his career were Hobie Billingsley, Philosophy Moriarty, Charlie Batterman, Glen and Pat McCormick.

After retiring from competition, Clotworthy coached at Army, Dartmouth, Princeton, Arizona State, Texas, and New Mexico. From 1981 through 1984, he produced six National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics champions at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire.

Clotworthy attended Ohio State University where he majored in Physical Education. He graduated in the 1954, then leading him to retire from diving in 1956 and coaching in August 2006.

Clotworthy was a diver of the United States, who represented his native country at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1952.

• 1955 Pam Am Games, in Mexico City, Mexico: 3rd place three-meter springboard. • 1955 Pan Am Games, in Mexico City, Mexico: 2nd place Platform event. • 1952 Helsinki Olympic Games, 3rd place three-meter event.

• 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games, 1st place three-meter event.

• 1955-1956 Coached diving at West Point. • 1958 Coached diving at Dartmouth College.

• 1958 Coached diving at Dartmouth College. • 1958-1970 Coached swimming and diving at Princeton University.

• 1970-1971 Coached diving at the Arizona State University.

• 1972-1976 Coached diving at the University of Texas. • 1980-1984 Coached diving at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. • 1984-1996 Coached diving at Albuquerque Academy, New Mexico.

• 1997-2006 Coached Age Group Swimming – Taos Swim Club, Taos, New Mexico.

They have four children: Susan, Bruce, Jodi, and Erin. They have seven grandchildren.

Bob now lives in Oregon where he continues to enjoy diving and swimming.

Achievements

• He won the bronze medal at his Olympic debut in Helsinki, Finland in the men"s springboard event, followed by the gold medal, four years later in Melbourne, Australia in the same event. He won the bronze medal at his Olympic debut in Helsinki Finland in the men’s springboard event, followed by the gold medal, four years later in Melbourne, Australia in the same event. • 1951 Amateur Athletic Union Outdoor Nationals 3 meter champion. • 1953 Amateur Athletic Union Indoor Nationals 1 meter champion. • 1953 Amateur Athletic Union Outdoor Nationals 3 meter champion. • 1956 Amateur Athletic Union Indoor Nationals 1 meter champion. • 1956 Amateur Athletic Union Outdoor Nationals 3 meter champion.

Membership

He competed in the 1955 Pan-American Games in Mexico City, where he met Cynthia Gill, a member of the United States. Swimming team