Jon Grunde Vegard

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.^[2] He won 35 titles in springboard, 27 in platform diving, and 6 in combined.^[2][3]

He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, in both platform, where he placed 11th, and in springboard.^[1]

He has been credited for introducing the chamois leather cloth to the diving sport.^[4]

• Jon Grunde Vegard at Olympedia

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