Kristian Ipsen

Kristian Ipsen (born October 20, 1992) is an American diver, who has been diving competitively since 1998. Diving alongside Troy Dumais, they took the silver medal in the synchronized 3 meter springboard at the 2009 World Aquatics Championships and the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Kristian Ipsen
Personal information
Born (1992-10-20) October 20, 1992
Walnut Creek, California
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Sport
Country United States
Event(s)3 meter springboard, 3 meter springboard synchro
College teamStanford University
ClubDiablo Divers
Medal record
Men's diving
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place2012 London3 m synchro
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2009 Rome3 m synchro
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place2011 Guadalajara3 m synchro

Competitive diving career

At the 2011 US National Championships in August, Ipsen captured the senior men 3-meter springboard championship and teamed with Troy Dumais to win the synchronized men 3-meter springboard at UCLA's Spieker Aquatics Center.[1]

In June 2012 Ipsen and his 3m synchro partner Troy Dumais qualified at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials held in Federal Way, Washington to represent the United States at the 2012 Olympic Games in London which began the following month.

Ipsen and Dumais won the bronze in the synchronized 3m on August 1, 2012 with a score of 446.7.[2] The duo's medal along with David Boudia's gold in the 10 metre platform and Boudia and his partner Nicholas McCrory's bronze in the synchronized 10m platform were the first Olympic medals of any kind for the United States since 2000 and the first for a U.S male diver since 1996 in Atlanta when Mark Lenzi won the bronze medal in the 3 meter springboard.

At the 2016 FINA World Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Ipsen won a bronze medal in the 3m springboard. It is his first individual diving medal at the FINA Diving World Cup.[3][4]

At the 2016 Olympics trials, the team of Ipsen and Dumais came in second in the 3m springboard synchronized event. As there was only one spot on the Olympic squad in the event they did not qualify.[5] The duo was bested by the team of Michael Hixon and Sam Dorman who went on to win the silver medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the event.[6]

Ipsen represented the United States in the men's 3m springboard event at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro and finished fifth.[7] [8] Following the 3m springboard Olympic competition Ipsen related "I’m taking a significant break," ..."We’ll see if that Olympic spark comes back, but I’m definitely going to take a break after this".[9]

Personal life

Ipsen is the son of Kent and Yvette Ipsen. He has a younger sister, Lauren. He is currently employed by Salesforce inc. in San Francisco. He attended De La Salle High School. He graduated from Stanford University in 2015. He was a member of the Stanford Cardinal diving team during his time there. He is also currently married to fellow Stanford Diving alumni, Lilly Hinrichs. [10][11]

References
  1. Beth Harris, Ipsen, Viola wins diving titles at US nationals, Associated Press, August 13, 2011
  2. USA 3-for-3 at Olympic Games as Dumais and Ipsen claim bronze, USADiving.org, August 1, 2012
  3. "Sports digest: Kristian Ipsen wins bronze at FINA World Cup". 22 February 2016.
  5. "Olympic Trials: Ipsen, Dumais miss Rio berth in final dive". 22 June 2016.
  6. "Rio Olympics: USA's Sam Dorman, Mike Hixon win silver in synchornized 3-meter".
  7. http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_30254978/olympics-stanfords-kristian-ipsen-fifth-diving>
  8. "Kristian Ipsen, Michael Hixon make U.S. Olympic spots in 3-meter diving, but Troy Dumais does not". 25 June 2016.
  9. "Team USA's 3m finalists Ipsen, Hixon headed different directions after Rio | NBC Olympics". www.nbcolympics.com. Archived from the original on 2016-08-20.
  10. Diane Pucin, David Boudia is second to Nick McCrory in 10-meter platform event, Los Angeles Times, August 15, 2011
  11. "Stanford Magazine - Article".
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