Jon Grunde Vegard | |
Birth Date: | 15 November 1957 |
Birth Place: | Tønsberg, Norway |
Sport: | Diving |
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Jon Grunde Vegard (born 15 November 1957) is a Norwegian diver.
Born in Tønsberg, on 15 November 1957, Vegar is a son of diver and coach .
Vegard represented the clubs Hamar IL, Spinn, Tønsberg, and Tønsberg SK. He won a total of 68 national titles in diving between 1972 and 1996, and was awarded the Kongepokal trophy in 1983. He won 35 titles in springboard, 27 in platform diving, and 6 in combined.[1]
He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, in both platform, where he placed 11th, and in springboard.[2]
He has been credited for introducing the chamois leather cloth to the diving sport.[3]