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Edwin Young
Edwin Frank "Win" Young (September 29, 1947 – June 22, 2006) was an American diver who swam for Indiana University and represented the United States at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, where he won a bronze medal in 10 m platform diving.[1] Born in Phoenix on September 29, 1947, to Mary W. and Edwin B. Young, he grew up in the Phoenix area, and graduated Central High School in Phoenix in 1965.[2][3] While on a walk at the age of eight in 1956, Young was struck by a car and received a broken leg that required pins to mend. Doctors believed the injury could be debilitating, but Young took up competitive swimming at the YMCA to recover, and began to win meets. Coached by Dick Smith, Young swam for the Dick Smith Swim Gym at 14 placing fourth on the 3-meter board at the Southern Arizona Open AAU Swimming Championships on June 24, 1961. Diverse in his diving skills, Young also practice on the 10-meter platform in High School.[4] As a 16-year old Central High School Junior, he was America's top-ranked High School diver, and had a third place ranking across all age groups. After several years of training and competition, he placed third in the National AAU Diving Championships in Chicago in 1963, also placing third in Arizona Gymnastics State competition on the trampoline.[5] Indiana UniversityYoung was a six-time All-American diver for Indiana University where he dove for Hall of Fame Coach Hobie Billingsley. He was an All-American diver for Indiana six times, and placed consistently in NCAA national meets, but was not a champion. In NCAA national competition in 1967, he placed second on the three-metre and third on the one-metre board. In 1968, he placed second on the three meter board. In his last year of NCAA competition in 1969, he was second on both the one and three meter boards.[6] He won the gold medal in 10 m platform at the 1967 Pan American Games. In each of his last two years at Indiana, Win helped lead the team to National titles, and to Big Ten titles in three times.[2] 1968 Olympic Bronze MedalHe represented the United States at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, where he won a bronze medal in 10 m platform.[1] Dive coachingAfter graduating Indiana and retiring from competitive diving, he coached for the U.S. Army at West Point, and then the University of Arizona from around 1973-1983. While at Arizona, he also coached age group diving at the Tucson Diving Club.[7] He led Arizona's Wildcat dive team to their first dive scoring in the NCAA championships. Michele Mitchell, one of his more exceptional divers, swam for Arizona around 1979-1983, and was a two-time Olympic silver medalist.[1][2] Young died of bladder cancer in 2006, at the age of 58, cutting short his diving career. He was survived by his daughter, Heather Marie Burgoyne. A service was held at Heather Mortuary on Satuday, July 1, 2006 on Columbus Avenue in Tucson.[7] References Wikimedia Commons has media related to Win Young.
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