Debbie Fuller

{{Short description|Canadian diver (born 1966)}}

{{For|the New Zealand netball coach and player|Debbie Fuller (netball)}}

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|fullname = Deborah Lynne Fuller

|national_team = Canada

|birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|6|24|df=y}}

|birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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|sport = Diving

|event = Springboard, 1m & 3m
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|club = Pointe-Claire Diving Club

|collegeteam = University of Florida

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{{MedalSport | Women's diving}}

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{{MedalCompetition | Pan American Games}}

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Deborah Lynne Fuller (born 24 June 1966) is a former competition diver who represented Canada at two consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1984. She won a bronze medal at the 1987 Pan American Games in and two gold medals at the 1986 Commonwealth Games.

Early years

Fuller was born in Montreal, Quebec.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, [https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fu/debbie-fuller-1.html Debbie Fuller] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121103041924/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fu/debbie-fuller-1.html |date=2012-11-03 }}. Retrieved July 7, 2012. Her older sister, Wendy Fuller, also competed as an international diver.Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, [https://web.archive.org/web/20190622155124/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fu/wendy-fuller-1.html Wendy Fuller]. Retrieved July 7, 2012.

Education

Fuller accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she dove for coach Randy Reese's Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1984 to 1987.[http://web.gatorzone.com/swimmingdiving/media/2011/supplement.pdf Florida Swimming & Diving 2011–12 Media Supplement] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521210530/http://web.gatorzone.com/swimmingdiving/media/2011/supplement.pdf |date=May 21, 2013 }}, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 62, 64, 79 (2011). Retrieved April 11, 2012. She was recognized as an All-American four times during her American college career, and won the Southeastern Conference (SEC) individual championship in the one-meter springboard diving event in 1985.

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