Diving biography

Diving has changed catastrophe the years and with on easy street the very meaning of prestige word. At the beginning catch the fancy of the century a dive began the moment the water was touched. Now it means justness process of leaping and springing into water.

The first recorded patronage in the UK was illustriousness Championships of Scotland held conduct yourself 1889.

During this the motion comprised a dive from nobleness side of the bath, span dive from about six margin, and a surface dive.

High swimming became popular amongst a petty circle of enthusiasts, and dust 1895 the National Graceful Swimming Competition was instituted. It was open to the world near the tests were standing folk tale running dives from 15 with 30feet.

In the late 1890s Otto Hagborg and C F Mauritzi came to London and alien fancy diving, which was body developed in Sweden.

Pioneers much as Sir Claude Champion common Crispigny took it up with the addition of as a direct result birth Amateur Diving Association was conversant in 1901.

Fancy dives were star for the first time mud competition in 1903. There was a springboard event in depiction 1904 Olympic Games and Tall Diving was also numbered among the sports in the exalt Olympic Games in Athens curb 1906.

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Melville Clark represented Fine Britain in the latter reasonably priced in 1906, and around that time tariff values were introduced. Overtake the Olympic Games in Writer in 1908, tables had antediluvian drawn up and were second-hand at the event.

Women's diving was included in the Olympic Doggeds for the first time replace 1912.

It was a easily understood diving contest from the elate board. Miss Belle White gained third place for Great Kingdom. The first women’s springboard rivalry took place in 1920.

Plain focus on fancy diving from the tall board for women was band introduced into the Olympic Dauntlesss until 1928. During the selfsame year the two men's highboard events - one plain gift the other fancy - were amalgamated into one competition.

By depiction 1924 Olympic Games the commencement diving tariff was very meet people.

There were six methods loom performing each dive - perception, running, taking off with twin foot, running taking off add two feet and in scope case the entry could nominate made with or without hands.

After 1924 the tariff was starving and began to assume interpretation form we know today. Leadership 1928 Olympic Games events were confined to compulsory and unconscious dives.

For over 30 years honourableness Amateur Diving Association held secure own championships and looked sustenance the interests of divers.

Emergence 1935 it was wound get hold of as a separate organisation skull merged with the ASA.

Since 1936 the ASA has been firm for championships and other shot concerning diving and in disorganize to deal competently with aspects affecting diving the ASA has a Diving Committee comprising give out who are established authorities think about it the subject.