Melville Clark (diver)

Melville Clark
Personal information
Born (1882-08-30)30 August 1882
Hampstead, England
Died 21 February 1950(1950-02-21) (aged 67)
Marylebone, England
Sport
Country  Great Britain
Sport Diving

Gordon Melville Clark (30 August 1882 - 21 February 1950) was a British diver who competed at the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens, Greece.[1]

Melville was the British Amateur Diving Champion in 1904 and 1905,[2] he was selected for the 1906 Intercalated Games and competed in the platform event, where each diver had nine dives three from three different heights, at the end Clark was judged to have finished fifth overall, just 3.4 points behind the bronze medal position.[3]

There is a G Melville Clark National Memorial Trophy held annually by the Amateur Swimming Association for team diving.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Melville Clark". Olympics at the Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  2. ↑ "Swimming". Sporting Life. 10 October 1905. Retrieved 17 September 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive. (Subscription required (help)).
  3. ↑ "Diving at the 1906 Athina Summer Games: Men's Platform". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
  4. ↑ The ASA Handbook (PDF). 1 January 2017. p. 119. Retrieved 17 September 2017.
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