Jennifer Chandler

Jennifer Chandler

Personal information
Born	(1959-06-30) June 30, 1959 Langdale, Alabama, United States
Height	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
Sport	Diving
Club	Ron O'Brien Diving School, Columbus
Medal record Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1976 Montréal 3 m springboard World Championships 1978 West Berlin 3 m springboard Pan American Games 1975 Mexico City 3 m springboard

Jennifer 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] In 2017 Chandler, who is a painter with work on display through the Art of the Olympians organization.

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