About Kelci:
Kelci Bryant may be retired from diving, but she will forever be known as an Olympic medalists, and the first since Laura Wilkinson in 2000. The excitement and enthusiasm that she and (Abby Johnston) brought to the team with that first medal in 2012 no doubt helped the team to a record setting four medals in London.
Age:
23 (January 15, 1989)
Hometown:
Chatham, Ill.
Education:
University of Minnesota
Club Team:
Minnesota Diving
Training Residence:
Minneapolis, Minn.
Coach:
Wenbo Chen
National Team Member:
2005-2012
Personal Highlights:
- Daughter of Randy and Kathie Bryant
- Has two sisters, Katie Beth and Kara, and two brothers, Kevin and Steve
- Katie Beth was a five-time national champion diver at Miami
- All four of her siblings are or were college athletes
- Kelci has never trained for diving in her hometown (Springfield, Ill.)
- Started diving in 1997, when she trained in St. Louis (100 miles away), then trained at Illinois State (60 miles away), then at Purdue (200 miles), followed by the National Training Center in Indianapolis,and is now a junior at the University of Minnesota
- She started homeschooling in order to have more time to train
Diving Highlights:
- Olympic Medals: 1
- World Cup Medals: 2
- Pan American Medals: 2
- Senior National Championships: 9 ----------
- 2012 Olympic Games: 3M Synchro - 2nd (Abby Johnston)
- 2012 U.S. Olympic Diving Trials: 3M - 3rd, 3M Synchro - 1st (Abby Johnston)
- 2012 FINA World Cup: 3M Synchro - 4th (Abby Johnston)
- 2012 USA Diving Winter Nationals: 3M - 3rd, 3M Synchro - 1st (Abby Johnston)
- 2011 World University Games: 1M - 2nd, 3M 4th
- 2011 FINA World Championships: 1M - 9th, 3M - 7th
- 2011 AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix: 3M - 1st
- 2011 NCAA Championships: 1M - 1st, 3M - 2nd
- 2011 USA Diving Winter Nationals: 1M - 1st, 3M - 6th
- 2010 FINA Diving World Cup: 3M - 8th
- 2010 AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix: 3M Synchro - 3rd (Abby Johnston)
- 2010 NCAA Championships: 1M - 2nd, 3M - 1st
- 2010 USA Diving Winter Nationals: 1M - 1st, 3M - 3rd, 3M Synchro - 1st (Christina Loukas)
- 2009 FINA World Championships: 3M Synchro - 6th (Ariel Rittenhouse)
- 2009 AT&T National Diving Championships 3M - 1st, 3M Synchro - 3rd (Candice Minette)
- 2008 Olympic Games: 3M Synchro - 4th (Ariel Rittenhouse)
- 2008 FINA Diving World Cup: 3M Synchro - 3rd (Ariel Rittenhouse)
- 2008 Kaiser Permanente National Diving Championships: 3M Synchro - 1st (Ariel Rittenhouse)
- 2007 International CAMO Invitational: 3M Synchro - 1st (Ariel Rittenhouse)
- 2007 Pan American Games: 3M - 3rd, 3M Synchro - 2nd (Ariel Rittenhouse)
- 2007 FINA Italian Grand Prix: 3M Synchro - 3rd
- 2007 Speedo USA Diving Spring National Championships: 3M - 2nd, 3M Synchro - 5th (Ariel Rittenhouse)
- 2007 Kaiser Permanente National Championships: 3M - 6th, 3M Synchro - 1st (Ariel Rittenhouse)
- 2006 FINA Canada Cup: 3M Synchro - 2nd (Ariel Rittenhouse)
- 2006 FINA Diving World Cup: 3M Synchro - 2nd (Ariel Rittenhouse)
- 2006 FINA Grand Prix Super Final: 3M Synchro - 1st (Ariel Rittenhouse)
- 2006 Speedo U.S. Open: 3M - 1st, 3M Synchro - 1st (Ariel Rittenhouse)
- 2006 Kaiser Permanente National Diving Championships: 3M Synchro - 2nd (Ariel Rittenhouse)
- 2005 FINA Diving Grand Prix: 3M - 5th
- 2005 U.S. Open: 3M - 8th, 3M Synchro - 3rd
- 2005 Speedo National Diving Championships: 1M - 1st, 3M - 1st
Source: USADiving.org, DiveMeets.com, University of Minnesota