Andrew Capobianco
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| Born | October 13, 1999 Wantagh, New York, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Holly Springs, North Carolina, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Holly Springs High School Indiana University Bloomington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Diving | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Indiana University Bloomington | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Andrew Capobianco (/ˌkæpoʊbiˈɑːŋkoʊ/ CAP-oh-bee-AHNG-koh;[1] born October 13, 1999) is an American Olympic diver.[2]
Career
[edit]In 2021 he qualified with his diving partner Michael Hixon for the U.S. Olympic Diving Team, to compete in the men's synchronised 3m springboard.[3] Later during the Olympic Trials he also qualified for the 2020/2021 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in the Individual 3m dive.
At the Tokyo Olympics, Capobianco and Hixon won the silver medal in the men's synchronised 3m springboard,[4] while Capobianco finished 10th out of 12 divers in the finals of the individual 3m springboard,[5] from an original field of 29 in the competition.[6]
He participated at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships, winning a bronze medal.[7]
Capobianco attended Holly Springs High School in Holly Springs, North Carolina. He attended and competed for Indiana University Bloomington, where he earned All-American honors twelve-times.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "CAPIOBANCO Andrew". Olympics.com. 2024. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
- ^ Team USA profile
- ^ Heyman, Brian (June 12, 2021). "LI native Andrew Capobianco qualifies for Tokyo Olympics in synchronized diving with win at trials". Newsday.
- ^ "Men's Synchronised 3m Springboard Final - Results" (PDF). Olympics.com. July 28, 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 24, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ "Men's 3m Springboard Final - Results" (PDF). Olympics.com. August 3, 2021. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 3, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ "Diving - Preliminary Results". Olympics.com. August 2, 2021. Archived from the original on October 7, 2021. Retrieved August 4, 2021.
- ^ "Team event results" (PDF).
- ^ "Andrew Capobianco - Men's Swimming and Diving". Indiana University Athletics.
External links
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- 1999 births
- Living people
- American male divers
- People from Mineola, New York
- People from Holly Springs, North Carolina
- Sportspeople from Nassau County, New York
- World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving
- Divers at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in diving
- Olympic divers for the United States
- Divers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in diving
- Olympic silver medalists for the United States in diving
- American people of Italian descent
- Indiana Hoosiers men's divers
- Sportspeople from Wake County, North Carolina
- Divers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- 21st-century American sportsmen