Mary Ellen Clark

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Medal record
Competitor for United States
Women’s Diving
Olympic Games
Bronze	1992 Barcelona	10 m platform
Bronze	1996 Atlanta	10 m platform

Mary Ellen Clark (born December 25, 1962 in Abington, Pennsylvania) is an American diver who won two Olympic bronze medals. The first was in diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the second was in diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

[edit] Background

Clark attended Radnor High School, in Radnor Pennsylvania. Clark received her B.S. in Health and Physical Education from Pennsylvania State University Penn State and her M.S. in Health and Physical Education from Ohio State University. She has been the Head Diving Coach at Amherst College and Mount Holyoke College since 2004, and is the current diving coach at Amherst Regional High School (Amherst, Massachusetts). She is also a motivational speaker and personal trainer. In 2008, Clark received New England Small College Athletic Conference Diving Coach of the Year honors, as well as NCAA Division III Diving Coach of the Year honors. She also coached 3 Amherst College divers to NCAA Division III Nationals qualifications in the 2007-2008 season, and one of her divers, Kai Robinson, was the 2008 NCAA Division III Men's National Diving Champion on both the 1 and 3 meter boards.

[edit] Career

Clark was "voted one of the top-10 women athletes in the country by the United States Olympic Committee in 1996" [1] by the |USOC. Clark's career also includes a stint as a member of the United States National Diving Team since 1996. She was also a three-time member of the United States Pan American Team and a seven-time National Champion.