Jill Schlabach
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| Born | Fairfield, Ohio, United States | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Diving | |||||||||||
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Jill Schlabach (born 1965 or 1966)[1] is an American diver. She competed in the NCAA Championship and the 1991 Pan American Games. Schlabach hoped to participate in the 1992 Olympics.
Early life
[edit]Schlabach did tumbling in elementary school and did not survive until she entered high school. She said that she landed right on her face the first time she went off a board. After graduating from Fairfield High School, Schlabach attended the University of Cincinnati as a nursing major. Schlabach was one of the top divers in the Cincinnati Bearcats swimming and diving team. She earned a full athletic scholarship after she won 8th place in the NCAA Championships, where she earned an All-America title in 1986. She was named female diver of the year in 1986 by the Metro Conference and during the same year, she was a finalist in the 1 meter board competition at the U.S. Diving Championships.[2]
Schlabach moved to Michigan in December 1989 after meeting University of Michigan coach Dick Kimball at an Olympic Festival. Kimball asked her to join his team and Schlabach found a job at the Michigan Medical Center. Once she improved her diving, she began to work less hours. During days that she worked, Schlabach trained from 4:10 to 6:00 PM, arrive at work by 7:00 PM, stay there till 7:30 AM, and then travel back to the pool to train until 9:30. Schlabach later competed at the FINA Diving World Cup in Canada.[3]
Diving at the 1991 Pan American Games
[edit]Schlabach was a surgical intensive-care nurse at Michigan Medicine at the time she competed in the 1991 Pan American Games. In order to have the time-off to compete, Schlabach worked four days of 12-hour shifts in a row.[4] At the 1991 Pan American Games, Shlabach won the 1 meter springboard and Alison Malsch received second place. Schlabach scored 256.5 points and Maisch received 250.68 points, with Schlabach's best individual score being 55.08 points.[5][4] She said she hoped to compete in the 3- and 10 meter events at the 1992 Olympics.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Maisch Adds The Platform To Her Pan-Am Qualifying". The Philadelphia Inquirer. June 17, 1991. p. 30. Retrieved July 16, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Diver Is Hoping For 'Top 8'". The Cincinnati Enquirer. December 29, 1987. p. 67. Retrieved July 16, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Hersh, Phil (July 18, 1991). "Diving Easy Shift For Shlabach". The Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 16, 2019.
- ^ a b "UC Grad Grabs Another Gold For Diving Team". The Cincinnati Enquirer. August 8, 1991. p. 33. Retrieved July 16, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Pan Am Games". The Des Moines Register. August 8, 1991. p. 29. Retrieved July 16, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.