Sam Dorman
{{Short description|American diver (born 1991)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2016}}
{{Use American English|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Sam Dorman
| image = BRITÂNICOS VENCEM E BRASILEIROS TERMINAM EM ÚLTIMO NO TRAMPOLIM DE 3M SINCRONIZADO DOS SALTOS ORNAMENTAIS (28282473794).jpg
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| caption = Mike Hixon and Sam Dorman (right) at the 2016 Olympics
| nationality = American
| sport = Diving
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|08|30}}
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| height = 1.76 m
| weight = 77 kg
| country = {{flag|United States}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's diving }}
{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}
{{MedalSilver | 2016 Rio de Janeiro | 3 m synchro }}
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Sam Dorman (born August 30, 1991){{cite web|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/sam-dorman |title=Sam Dorman |publisher=Rio 2016 |accessdate=August 11, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806033738/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/sam-dorman |archivedate=August 6, 2016 }} is a retired American diver. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics where he, along with his diving partner Michael Hixon, won a silver medal in the 3-meter springboard synchro event. Dorman attended the University of Miami.
Early life
Sam Dorman was born to Marla and Paul Dorman and grew up in Tempe, Arizona. He attended Marcos de Niza High School in Tempe, and then went to University of Miami where he majored in mechanical engineering.{{cite web |url=http://www.hurricanesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205555372 |title=Samuel Dorman |work=University of Miami Athletics |access-date=January 3, 2017 |archive-date=January 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104001214/http://www.hurricanesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205555372 |url-status=dead }}
Dorman began learning to dive when he was eight, and started to compete in diving competition when he was nine.
He has a brother named Benjamin Dorman, more famously known as the EDM record producer and DJ Bijou.
Diving career
Dorman won three gold medals, on the 1- and 3-meter springboard events and the 3-meter synchro with Zac Nees, at the AT&T National Diving Championships in Iowa City in 2013.{{cite news |url=http://www.espn.com/olympics/swimming/story/_/id/9580435/sam-dorman-wins-3rd-title-week-us-diving-championships |title =Dorman-Nees win men's synchro|date=August 19, 2013 |agency=Associated Press }} In 2015, he won the 3-meter individual springboard at the NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships with a diving record of 529.10 points.{{cite news |url=http://www.floridaswimnetwork.com/miamis-samdorman-wins-ncaa-diving-championship/ |title=COLLEGE Miami's Sam Dorman is Diving Champ |author= swimmerjoe|date=March 29, 2015 |work=Florida Swim Network}}
Dorman partnered for a time with Kristian Ipsen in 2015 and early 2016, but teamed up with Michael Hixon after team changes in March 2016.{{cite news |url=http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/06/19/arizonan-sam-dorman-leads-olympic-diving-trials/86112660/ |title=Arizonan Sam Dorman leads at Olympic Diving Trials |first=Jeff |last=Metcalfe |date=June 19, 2016 |work=AZ Central }} Dorman and Hixon won the U.S. trials in their first competition together.{{cite news |url=http://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/08/01/sam-dorman-extends-state-olympic-diving-legacy/86993326/ |title=Sam Dorman extends Arizona's Olympic diving legacy |first=Jeff |last=Metcalfe |date=August 1, 2016 |work=AZ Central}}
At the Rio Olympics, in their first international meet as diving partners, Dorman and Hixon won the silver medal in the 3m synchro with a score of 450.21, behind Jack Laugher and Chris Mears of Great Britain (454.32) but ahead of the Chinese pair Qin Kai and Cao Yuan (443.70).{{cite news |url= http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/olympics/article94951182.html |title=UM's Sam Dorman overcomes bad weather, green water in Rio to win silver diving medal in Summer Olympics |date=August 10, 2016 |first=Michelle |last=Kaufman}}
References
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External links
- {{cite web |url=http://www.hurricanesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205555372 |title=Samuel Dorman |work=University of Miami Athletics |access-date=January 3, 2017 |archive-date=January 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104001214/http://www.hurricanesports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=205555372 |url-status=dead }}
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Category:Divers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States in diving
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