The trampoline event ended up much like expected, with a few missteps from top contenders. But, that’s sport.  What surprised me was the results of the Men’s Platform Diving event.  The winner, Mathew Mitcham, who was not Chinese, but Australian … and he was a World Double Mini-tramp Champion (2001 Junior World Champ).  

This is significant in several ways.  Trampolinists have a history of becoming Olympic divers.  Of note, is Ron Marriot, the first internationally ranked trampolinist, 3rd in the 1980 World Trampoline Championships, to become an Olympian in diving and to stand on the Olympic podium receiving a bronze medal.  There are several other ranking divers who were formerly trampolinists, too.

Second, it is significant because I am a World Double Mini-tramp Champion - Senior Women’s Champion twice.  I’m proud of that accomplishment and what it has afforded me as a stuntwoman.  I have taken advantage of the skills I developed performing trampoline and adapted it to my stunt career.  So, when I started this business, fortunately, I had something to bring to the table.

Go Mathew!  Congratulations.

Tags: diving, Olympics, trampoline