{{Short description|American diver (born 1989)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = David Boudia | image = David Boudia at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's synchronized 10 metre platform.jpg | imagesize = | caption = Boudia at the 2016 Summer Olympics | fullname = David Alasdair Boudia | altname = | nickname = | country = [[United States]] | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1989|4|24}} | birth_place = [[Abilene, Texas]], U.S. | hometown = [[Noblesville, Indiana]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height = 5 ft 9 in | event = 10m, 10m synchro | level = | natlteam = | club = National Training Center | collegeteam = [[Purdue University]] | partner = [[Steele Johnson]] | former_partner = [[Nick McCrory]], [[Thomas Finchum]] | coach = Adam Soldati, John Wingfield | retired = | medaltemplates = {{MedalCount |total=yes | [[Diving at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] | 1 | 1 | 2 | [[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships]] | 0 | 4 | 1 | [[Diving at the Pan American Games|Pan American Games]] | 1 | 0 | 0 | [[FINA Diving World Cup]] | 4 | 1 | 1 }} {{MedalSport|Men's [[diving (sport)|diving]]}} {{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Diving at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}} {{MedalGold|{{GamesName|SOG|2012|Diving}}|[[Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre platform|10 m platform]]}} {{MedalSilver|{{GamesName|SOG|2016|Diving}}|[[Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's synchronized 10 metre platform|10 m synchro]]}} {{MedalBronze|{{GamesName|SOG|2012|Diving}}|[[Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's synchronized 10 metre platform|10 m synchro]]}} {{MedalBronze|{{GamesName|SOG|2016|Diving}}|[[Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre platform|10 m platform]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[Diving at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships|2009 Rome]]|[[Diving at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships – Men's synchronized 10 metre platform|10 m synchro]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[Diving at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships|2011 Shanghai]]|[[Diving at the 2011 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 10 metre platform|10 m platform]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[Diving at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships|2013 Barcelona]]|[[Diving at the 2013 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 10 metre platform|10 m platform]]}} {{MedalSilver|[[Diving at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships|2015 Kazan]]|[[Diving at the 2015 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 10 metre platform|10 m platform]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[Diving at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships|2007 Melbourne]]|[[Diving at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships – Men's synchronized 10 metre platform|10 m synchro]]}} {{MedalCompetition|[[FINA Diving World Cup]]}} {{MedalGold|[[2010 FINA Diving World Cup|2010 Changzhou]]|[[2010 FINA Diving World Cup – Team Event|Team]]}} {{MedalBronze|[[2008 FINA Diving World Cup|2008 Beijing]]|10 m platform}} {{MedalCompetition|[[Diving at the Pan American Games|Pan American Games]]}} {{MedalGold|[[Diving at the 2007 Pan American Games|2007 Rio]]|[[Diving at the 2007 Pan American Games#10m Platform Synchronized|10 m synchro]]}} }}
'''David Alasdair Boudia''' ({{IPAc-en|b|oʊ|ˈ|d|aɪ|ə}}; born April 24, 1989)<ref>{{cite web |title=David Boudia |url=http://www.usadiving.org/bios/david-boudia |work=Biographies |publisher=USA Diving |access-date=July 27, 2012 |archive-date=November 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127080523/http://www.usadiving.org/bios/david-boudia/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> is an American [[diving (sport)|diver]]. He won the [[gold medal]] in the [[Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre platform|10 metre platform]] diving competition at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] and the [[bronze medal]] in the [[Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre platform|same event]] at the [[2016 Summer Olympics]]. He also won a bronze medal with [[Nick McCrory]] in the [[Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's synchronized 10 metre platform|men's synchronized 10 metre platform]] at the 2012 Summer Olympics and a silver medal in the [[Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's synchronized 10 metre platform|same event]] with [[Steele Johnson]] at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
==Early life== Born in [[Abilene, Texas]],<ref name="USA diving">{{cite web |url=http://www.usadiving.org/bios/david-boudia/ |title=David Boudia |publisher=USA Diving |access-date=August 11, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130916034951/http://www.usadiving.org/bios/david-boudia/ |archive-date=September 16, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Crawford |first=Bryan |title=USA Diving: David Boudia Has A Great Chance To Medal In London |url=http://dallas.sbnation.com/2012/7/26/3189405/team-usa-diving-olympics-david-boudia |access-date=July 27, 2012 |newspaper=SB Nation |date=July 26, 2012}}</ref> Boudia's parents are Jim and Sheilagh Boudia. He graduated from [[Noblesville High School]] in 2007, and attended [[Purdue University]] where he was trained by Head Diving Coach Adam Solati.<ref>{{cite web |title=Men's Swimming and Diving |url=http://www.purduesports.com/sports/m-swim/mtt/boudia_david00.html |publisher=Purdue University |access-date=August 6, 2012 |archive-date=September 16, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130916141939/http://www.purduesports.com/sports/m-swim/mtt/boudia_david00.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> He resides in [[West Lafayette, Indiana]].<ref name="David Boudia">[http://www.usadiving.org/divers/david-boudia/ David Boudia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150302103208/http://www.usadiving.org/divers/david-boudia/ |date=March 2, 2015 }} USA Diving. 2015. Retrieved September 13, 2015</ref>
He started diving in 2000, and became a member of the U.S. National Diving Team in 2005.<ref name="David Boudia"/> Boudia once stated that a dive from the great height of an Olympic 10-meter platform once 'petrified' him.<ref name="Boudia petrified quote">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/2012-london-games-david-boudia-dives-into-us-olympic-history/2012/08/11/9ac39376-e402-11e1-a25e-15067bb31849_story.html?tid=pm_pop |title=2012 London Games: David Boudia dives into U.S. Olympic history |newspaper=Washington Post |access-date=August 12, 2012}}</ref>
==Diving career== [[File:Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's synchronized 10 metre platform 6.jpg|thumb|upright=1.2|Steele Johnson and David Boudia at the Rio Summer Olympics]] Boudia was named to the [[United States at the 2008 Summer Olympics|2008 U.S. Olympic team]] in the 10-meter platform and in the synchronized 10-meter platform event with former synchro partner [[Thomas Finchum]]. Boudia and Finchum were 2009 World Championship (Rome) Silver Medalists, and 2007 World Championship (Melbourne) Bronze Medalists. With his past synchro partner, [[Nick McCrory]], they achieved bronze medals at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
He is the winner of the Big 10 Male Tower Diving event at the Big Ten Tournament, held in 2010 at Ohio State. He is the inaugural American to break 600 points in six dives.{{citation needed|date=February 2014}}
===2012 Summer Olympics=== {{See also|Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics}}
In his first event at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]], Boudia and his partner, [[Nicholas McCrory]], won the bronze in the [[Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's synchronized 10 metre platform|synchronized 10 metre platform]] with a combined score of 463.47, finishing behind China (486.78) and Mexico (468.90).<ref>[http://www.usadiving.org/whats-new/2012/07/another-medal-for-team-usa-as-boudia-and-mccrory-win-bronze/ Another medal for Team USA as Boudia and McCrory win bronze] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803031511/http://www.usadiving.org/whats-new/2012/07/another-medal-for-team-usa-as-boudia-and-mccrory-win-bronze/ |date=August 3, 2012 }}, USADiving.org, July 30, 2012</ref> The United States did not medal in men's divers at the [[1996 Summer Olympics|1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics]]; at the next two Olympiads of 2004 and 2008, no men's divers made the podium in diving.
In his second event, the [[Diving at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre platform|10 metre platform]], Boudia barely advanced from the prelims placing eighteenth but then went on to finish third in the semi-finals to advance to the finals. In the sixth and last round, Boudia won gold with a total score of 568.65, finishing ahead of world champion [[Qiu Bo]] (566.85) and hometown favorite [[Tom Daley (diver)|Tom Daley]] (556.95).<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://olympics.time.com/2012/08/11/the-u-s-david-boudia-claims-diving-gold-is-chinas-diving-dominance-over/ |magazine=Time |date=August 11, 2012 |title=David Boudia of the U.S. Claims Diving Gold. Is China's Dominance on the Wane?}}</ref> It was the first Olympic gold for the United States in diving since the [[2000 Summer Olympics]], when [[Laura Wilkinson]] won the gold in the women's 10-meter platform competition; the first Olympic gold in the 10-meter platform competition by an American male diver since [[Greg Louganis]] achieved that feat at the [[1988 Summer Olympics]] (also taking the 3-meter springboard title); and the first Olympic diving gold for an American man since [[Mark Lenzi]]'s victory in the 3-meter springboard competition at the [[1992 Summer Olympics]].
===2016 Summer Olympics===
Boudia partnered with [[Steele Johnson]] in the [[Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's synchronized 10 metre platform|synchronized 10-meter platform dive]] at the 2016 Olympics in Rio. They won a silver behind the Chinese pair [[Chen Aisen]] and [[Lin Yue]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/rio-2016/2016/08/08/divers-david-boudia-steele-johnson-take-silver-synchro/88422114/ |title=Divers David Boudia, Steele Johnson take silver in synchro |first=David |last=Woods |work=USA TODAY |date=August 8, 2016}}</ref> In the [[Diving at the 2016 Summer Olympics – Men's 10 metre platform|individual 10 metre platform event]], Boudia won a bronze.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://time.com/4460396/rio-2016-olympics-david-boudia-bronze-10m-platform-diving/ |title=U.S. Diver David Boudia Earns Bronze in 10m Platform |first=Alice |last=Park |date=August 20, 2016 |magazine=Time}}</ref>
After the Olympics, Boudia took a break in 2017 from international competition before making a decision on whether to retire or return for a fourth Olympics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2017/02/23/david-boudia-diving/ |title=David Boudia takes international season off, to decide whether to retire |work=NBC Sports |date=February 23, 2017 |first=Nick |last=Zaccardi}}</ref> He chose to return in fall 2017 and go for a fourth Olympics in 2020. However, in February 2018, he suffered a concussion due to an error during training that caused him to crash into the water hard, after which he experienced blackouts and dizziness.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://eu.indystar.com/story/sports/college/purdue/2018/05/14/david-boudia-reveals-setback-his-planned-comeback-concussion/609622002/ |title=David Boudia's 'crash' adds another obstacle in comeback from suicidal thoughts, drug use |first=David |last=Woods |date=May 14, 2018 |work=IndyStar}}</ref>
Boudia decided to switch event from 10m platform to 3m springboard following the concussion.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2018/11/20/david-boudia-diving-springboard/ |title=David Boudia changes diving events after concussion |first=Nick |last=Zaccardi |date=November 20, 2018 |work=NBC Sports}}</ref> At the [[2019 World Aquatics Championships|2019 World Championships]] held in [[Gwangju]], Korea, Boudia participated in the [[Diving at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 3 metre springboard|3m springboard]] event, but only managed to finish 5th.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2019/07/18/david-boudia-diving-world-championships-springboard/ |title=No medal for David Boudia as China extends perfect run at diving worlds |date=July 18, 2019 |work=NBC Sports}}</ref>
==Television== In November 2012, Boudia agreed to join Steve Foley as a judge on ''[[Splash (American TV series)|Splash]]''.<ref>Goldberg, Leslie (November 29, 2012). [http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/olympian-david-boudia-judge-abc-celebrity-splash-394683 "Olympian David Boudia to Judge ABC's Celebrity Diving Series (Exclusive)"]. ''The Hollywood Reporter''.</ref> This reality show premiered on ABC on March 19, 2013.<ref>Whiteside, Kelly (January 9, 2013). [https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2013/01/09/olympic-divers-celebrities-reality-tv-shows/1821181/ "Olympic divers mix with celebs on reality TV shows"]. ''USA Today''.</ref>
==Book== Boudia wrote an autobiography, ''Greater Than Gold'', published by [[Thomas Nelson (publisher)|Thomas Nelson]] in 2016.<ref>[http://davidboudia.com/greaterthangold/ ''Greater Than Gold''].</ref><ref>[https://www.amazon.com/dp/0718077415 ''Greater Than Gold: From Olympic Heartbreak to Ultimate Redemption'']</ref>
==Personal life== Boudia became a [[Christians|Christian]] in 2010 through the influence of his college diving coach Adam Soldati.<ref>{{cite web |author=David Boudia |url=http://blogs.faithlafayette.org/church/david-boudia%e2%80%99s-testimony-%e2%80%9cmore-desirable-than-gold%e2%80%9d/ |title=David Boudia's Testimony: "More Desirable than Gold |publisher=faithlafayette.org |date=September 17, 2012 |access-date=September 20, 2012}}</ref> He openly referenced his religious beliefs in several interviews before, during, and after the 2012 Olympics.<ref>{{cite web |author=Chad Bonham |url=http://www.beliefnet.com/columnists/inspiringathletes/2012/07/a-conversation-with-u-s-olympian-david-boudia.html |title=A conversation with U.S. Olympic gold medalist diver David Boudia – Inspiring Athletes |publisher=Blog.beliefnet.com |date=July 19, 2012 |access-date=August 22, 2012}}</ref> On October 12, 2012, Boudia married Sonnie Brand, whom he met while studying at Purdue University.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.teamusa.org/news/2013/february/14/from-london-to-in-love?p=1 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131206233729/http://www.teamusa.org/News/2013/February/14/From-London-To-In-Love?p=1 |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 6, 2013 |title=David Boudia marries Sonnie Brand}}</ref> In October 2014, Boudia and his wife welcomed their first child, Dakoda. On August 24, 2017, Boudia announced the birth of his second daughter, Mila Primm Boudia. On April 22, 2019, Knox Boudia was born, giving David his first son.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usadiving.org/bios/david-boudia |title=David Boudia |access-date=August 11, 2012 |archive-date=November 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131127080523/http://www.usadiving.org/bios/david-boudia/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>
== Major competition results == Summer Olympics *3rd 10m Platform 2016 Rio de Janeiro, BRA 525.25 *2nd Synchronised 10m Platform 2016 Rio de Janeiro, BRA 457.11 *1st 10m Platform 2012 London, GBR 568.65 *3rd Synchronized 10m Platform 2012 London *5th Synchronised 10m Platform 2008 Beijing, CHN 440.64 *10th 10m Platform 2008 Beijing, CHN 441.45
World Championships *2nd 10m Platform 2011 Shanghai, CHN 544.25 *2nd Synchronised 10m Platform 2009 Rome, ITA 456.94 *3rd Synchronised 10m Platform 2007 Melbourne, VIC, AUS 463.56 *5th Synchronised 10m Platform 2011 Shanghai, CHN 420.69 *6th 10m Platform 2009 Rome, ITA 491.80
World Series *1st Synchronised 10m Platform 2012 Tijuana, MEX 453.57 *2nd 10m Platform 2012 Tijuana, MEX 543.25 *2nd Synchronised 10m Platform 2012 Moscow, RUS 448.32 *2nd Synchronised 10m Platform 2011 Guanajuato, MEX 437.10 *2nd 10m Platform 2010 Veracruz, MEX 528.00 *3rd 10m Platform 2012 Moscow, RUS 518.40 *3rd 10m Platform 2012 Dubai, UAE 521.60 *3rd 10m Platform 2011 Sheffield, GBR 534.55 *3rd Synchronised 10m Platform 2009 Mexico City, MEX 421.08
World Cup *1st Team Event 2010 Changzhou, CHN 455.35 *4th 10m Platform 2012 London, GBR 501.10 *4th Synchronised 10m Platform 2012 London, GBR 444.93 *4th Synchronised 10m Platform 2010 Changzhou, CHN 448.89
Grand Prix *1st Synchronised 10m Platform 2010 Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA 461.19 *1st Synchronised 10m Platform 2009 Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA 457.26 *3rd Synchronised 10m Platform 2011 Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA 438.51
==References== {{Reflist|30em}} * {{cite web |url=http://diving.about.com/od/uscontenders/p/DBoudia.htm |access-date=July 9, 2008 |title=diving.about.com biography |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080626081534/http://diving.about.com/od/uscontenders/p/DBoudia.htm |archive-date=June 26, 2008 |url-status=dead}} * {{cite news |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/olympics/chi-thomas-finchum-david-boudia-080622-ht,0,2413433.story |access-date=July 9, 2008 |date=June 22, 2008 |publisher=[[Chicago Tribune]] |title=Report on Olympic Diving trials |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080817103542/http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/olympics/chi-thomas-finchum-david-boudia-080622-ht,0,2413433.story |archive-date=August 17, 2008 |url-status=dead}} * {{cite web |url=https://secure.meetcontrol.com/divemeets/system/profile.php?number=11408 |access-date=July 9, 2008 |publisher=divemeets.com |title=David Boudia Profile}} * {{cite web |url=http://www.county29.net/cms2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2247&Itemid=62 |access-date=July 9, 2008 |publisher=Noblesville Daily Times |title=Q & A with David Boudia |date=April 9, 2007}}
==External links== * {{World Aquatics}} * {{Team USA|new_id=david-boudia-868804|old_id=BO/David-Boudia|archive=20230318112628}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{Olympics.com}}
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