Mark Bradshaw | |
Birth Place: | Happy Camp, California |
Fullname: | Mark Daniel Bradshaw |
Birth Date: | May 12, 1962 |
Height: | 175 cm |
Weight: | 70 kg |
Collegeteam: | Ohio State University |
Coach: | Vince Panzano, Diving |
Mark Daniel Bradshaw (born May 12, 1962 in Happy Camp, California) is a retired diver from the United States who competed for Ohio State University. He represented the United States at the 1988 Summer Olympics, finishing in fifth place in the Men's 3m Springboard event.
Bradshaw was an outstanding diver for Ohio State University, where he was mentored by the highly skilled Coach Vince Panzano, a former dive team member and graduate for Ohio State in 1973. At Ohio State, Bradshaw was a four-time All-American and won the NCAA springboard title in 1983.
Bradshaw twice won a silver medal in springboard at the Pan American Games, in 1991 and 1995.[1] [2]
He won two bronze medals at the 1990 Goodwill Games in the 1 and 2-meter springboard.[3]
In 1999, he was made the head diving coach at Arizona State University, a position he held for over a decade. He was recognized as the Pac-10 Conference Coach of the Year in multiple years and led ASU divers to several Pac-10 titles. He has also served as the head diving coach for Finland at both the 2004 and 2008 Olympics.[2]