Potter, "Cindy" (Cynthia)
Diving
b. Aug 27, 1950, Houston, TX
Potter won a record 28 national diving championships. She was the U. S. outdoor champion in the 1-meter springboard from 1968 through 1977; in the 3-meter springboard in 1971 and 1972 and from 1975 through 1977; and in the platform dive in 1970 and 1971.
Indoors, she won 1-meter springboard titles from 1969 through 1973 and in 1976 and 1977, the 3-meter in 1969, 1970, and 1973.
Going into the 1972 Olympics, Potter was expected to win at least one medal, but she severely injured her foot during a practice session. Although able to compete, she could place only 7th in the springboard and 21st in the platform event. Potter won a bronze in the 1976 Olympic springboard competition.
Potter was also on the 1968 Olympic diving team and she was selected again in 1980, when the U. S. boycotted the Moscow Games because of the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan. In other international competition, she won a gold in the springboard and a silver in the platform at the 1970 World University Games, a bronze in the springboard at the 1975 Pan-American Games, and a silver in the springboard at the 1978 world championships.
A 1973 graduate of Indiana University, Potter later coached diving at Southern Methodist University and the University of Arizona.