Randy Dickison

Randy Dickison.

Randy Dickison (died 1996) was a high diver who made attempts at the world record high dive.

Dickison attended Phillips Junior High School in Minneapolis, Minnesota with fellow future high diver Dana Kunze.^[1] In 1982 he executed a 30 m (100 feet) dive and landed head first. He attempted 4 world records for highest dives from 51.5 m (169 feet), 51.8 m (170 feet), 52.4 m (172 feet), and 53 m (174 feet, 8 inches).^{[citation needed]} He attempted to set the high diving world record in 1985 with a 174 feet 8 inches (53.24 m) dive at Ocean Park Hong Kong, but fractured multiple bones of his left leg in the attempt.^[1]

Dickison died during a stunt dive into a giant sponge in Belgium in 1996.^[1]^[2]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Walters, John (August 24, 2015). "Laso Schaller's World-Record Jump Was Not a World-Record Dive". Newsweek. Retrieved May 2, 2020.
^ Miller, Mariella (August 28, 2014). "World record high diver talks about daredevil moves at Allentown Fair". The Morning Call. Retrieved May 2, 2020.

External links[]

Video of Dickison's Hong Kong world record attempt

[Walters-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c Walters, John (August 24, 2015). "Laso Schaller's World-Record Jump Was Not a World-Record Dive". Newsweek. Retrieved May 2, 2020.

[2] Miller, Mariella (August 28, 2014). "World record high diver talks about daredevil moves at Allentown Fair". The Morning Call. Retrieved May 2, 2020.

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