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Thomas Finchum (2008 Diving Hopeful)

Welcome to our Focus on the Olympics articles that introduces you to our Olympic athletes and hopefuls that will be competing in Beijing this summer. As a child, Thomas’ grandmother (a former city parks diver) noticed him jumping off houseboats on family trips and encouraged his parents to sign him up for diving lessons Thomas

Meet Thomas Finchum

Thomas Finchum is the son of Thomas and Audrey Finchum. He comes from a family of athletes: his dad is a high school athletic director and coach, and his brother, Luke, was a catcher on the baseball team at Concordia University Wisconsin. His sister Lindsay is a former level 10 gymnast and Indiana state champion. Though he is now home-schooled to accommodate his training of five-and-a-half hours a day, six days a week, he was valedictorian of his class at Emmaus Lutheran Middle School.

Why Root for Them?

Thomas, 17, won four national championships and 10 international medals throughout the course of the 2007 competitive season. He won a pair of national titles on both 10-meter and synchronized 10-meter with partner David Boudia. Internationally, Thomas won a gold medal on 10-meter at the AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix and scored a career-high for a silver at the Canada Cup. He also won eight medals in 10-meter synchro with Boudia, including golds at the Pan American Games and AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix and a bronze at the FINA World Championships. In addition, he was recently honored as USA Diving’s 2007 Athlete of the Year.

Performance Record

  • 2007 FINA World Diving Championships men’s synchronized platform bronze medalist
  • 2007 Kaiser Permanente National Championships men’s synchronized 3m silver medalist
  • 2007 Speedo USA Diving Spring National Championships men’s synchronized 3m bronze medalist
  • 2007 AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix men’s platform champion, men’s synchronized platform champion
  • 2007 Pan American Games men’s synchronized platform champion
  • 2006 Kaiser Permanente National Championships men’s platform silver medalist, men’s synchronized platform champion, men’s synchronized 3m bronze medalist

The U.S. Olympic Diving trials will be held June 18-22.

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About Heather Long

Heather Long is 35 years old and currently lives in Wylie, Texas. She has been a freelance writer for six years. Her husband and she met while working together at America Online over ten years ago. They have a beautiful daughter who just turned five years old. She is learning to read and preparing for kindergarten in the fall. An author of more than 300 articles and 500+ web copy pieces, Heather has also written three books as a ghostwriter. Empty Canoe Publishing accepted a novel of her own. A former horse breeder, Heather used to get most of her exercise outside. In late 2004, early 2005 Heather started studying fitness full time in order to get herself back into shape. Heather worked with a personal trainer for six months and works out regularly. She enjoys shaking up her routine and checking out new exercises. Her current favorites are the treadmill (she walks up to 90 minutes daily) and doing yoga for stretching. She also performs strength training two to three times a week. Her goals include performing in a marathon such as the Walk for Breast Cancer Awareness or Team in Training for Lymphoma research. She enjoys sharing her knowledge and experience through the fitness and marriage blogs.