Tracy Cox-Smyth is a retired Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

an springboard diver. She is a Commonwealth silver medallist and competed at the 1988 and 1992 Olympics.

She attended Arizona State University as an undergraduate. She was PAC-10 Champion in 1987 in both the 1m and 3m springboard, and was Diving All-American in 1985 and 1987.

At the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, she reached the finals of the 3m springboard, coming 12th.
In the same event four years later in Barcelona, she came 13th in qualifying, thus missing out by one place on reaching the finals.

At the 1990 Commonwealth Games

Aquatics at the 1990 Commonwealth Games

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 in Auckland, she won a silver in the 1m Springboard event, losing gold to Mary DePiero of Canada. She was one of only three Zimbabweans to medal in the games, along with boxers Nokuthula Tshabangu (silver) and Duke Chinyadza (bronze). At the 1994 Games, she came 5th in both the 1m and the 3m Springboard events.

At the World Championships in 1991, she came 9th in the 3m Springboard.

Personal Details

Her father Geoff was a former diver and respected diving coach who was involved in the Zimbabwean diving community for over three decades. He ran the Geoff Cox Adventure Center in Nyanga, Zimbabwe, where hundreds of schoolchildren attended camps over several years.