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At the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China, he competed with partner David Boudia in the synchronized 10-meter platform and finished fifth. In the 10-m competition, he finished in sixth place.
At the 2011 World Aquatics Championships in Shanghai, China, he competed with partner David Boudia in the synchronized 10-meter platform and finished fifth. In the 10-m competition, he finished in sixth place.
He currently is training at Indiana University in Bloomington for the 2016 Summer Olympics. He placed ninth in the men"s individual 10-meter platform diving event as well. McCrory was born on August 9, 1991 in Durham, North Carolina to Douglas and Ana McCrory.
He has a younger brother, Lucas, who swims and participates in Paralympics events.
He won his first international medal, a silver, at the World Junior Championship in 2006. McCrory graduated from East Chapel Hill High School and from Duke University, where he won several medals at college competitions. He won the gold medal in 10-meter platform at the 2011 United States National Championships at University of California, Los Angeles on August 14. McCrory and his partner David Boudia won the bronze in the synchronized 10m platform with a total score of 463.47. This was the first Olympic medal for the United States in men"s diving since the 1996 games in Atlanta.