# Kent Ferguson

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{{Short description|American diver (born 1963)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|March 9, 1963}}
| birth_place = [Cedar Rapids, Iowa](/source/Cedar_Rapids%2C_Iowa), U.S.
| headercolor = lightsteelblue
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's [diving](/source/diving_(sport)) }}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [World Championships](/source/World_Aquatics_Championships) }}
{{MedalGold | [1991 Perth](/source/1991_World_Aquatics_Championships) | [3 m springboard](/source/Diving_at_the_1991_World_Aquatics_Championships_%E2%80%93_Men's_3_metre_springboard) }}
{{MedalCompetition | [Pan American Games](/source/Pan_American_Games) }}
{{MedalGold | [1991 Havana](/source/1991_Pan_American_Games) | [3 m springboard](/source/Diving_at_the_1991_Pan_American_Games) }}
}}

'''Kent Monroe Ferguson''' (born March 9, 1963) is a retired [diver](/source/diving_(sport)) from the [United States](/source/United_States). He was born in [Cedar Rapids, Iowa](/source/Cedar_Rapids%2C_Iowa) northwest of [Davenport](/source/Davenport%2C_Iowa). He competed at the [1992 Summer Olympics](/source/1992_Summer_Olympics), finishing in fifth place in the [men's 3 m springboard](/source/Diving_at_the_1992_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_3_metre_springboard) event.

Ferguson won the gold medal in the same event a year earlier at the [1991 Pan American Games](/source/1991_Pan_American_Games) in [Havana, Cuba](/source/Havana%2C_Cuba) and at the [1991 World Aquatics Championships](/source/1991_World_Aquatics_Championships) in [Perth, Australia](/source/Perth%2C_Australia).

He participated in the [Fox](/source/Fox_Broadcasting_Company) TV show [The Floor](/source/The_Floor_(American_game_show)) in February 2025. He and a friend who also was in the Olympics as a diver had tried out for another program. After getting to the final interview part of the show as a team, they were invited to join The Floor. Ferguson's friend declined saying that he wasn't good at trivia.

==See also==
* [World Fit](/source/World_Fit)

== References ==
* {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fe/kent-ferguson-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418083252/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fe/kent-ferguson-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Kent Ferguson}}

{{Footer World Champions 3m Springboard Men}}
{{Footer Pan American Diving Champions 3m Springboard Men}}

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Category:1963 births
Category:Living people
Category:American male divers
Category:Divers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic divers for the United States
Category:Sportspeople from Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving
Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in diving
Category:Divers at the 1991 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games
Category:20th-century American sportsmen

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