Diver Krysta Palmer’s Long Comeback Trail Continues At The Pan Am Games
Palmer is set to compete in her first international 3-meter individual contest since winning bronze in Tokyo.
Athlete Bio
Height
5’3”
Hometown
Chatham, IL
Education
University of Minnesota
RetiredName: Kelci Bryant
Sport: Diving
Discipline: Synchronized 3-meter Springboard
Height: 5’3”
Hometown: Chatham, Ill.
College: University of Minnesota (2013, Communications)
Sport: Diving
Discipline: Synchronized 3-meter Springboard
Height: 5’3”
Hometown: Chatham, Ill.
College: University of Minnesota (2013, Communications)
Olympic Experience:
- 2012 Olympic Games, Silver (synchronized 3-meter)
- 2008 Olympic Games, 4th (synchronized 3-meter)
- Four-time world championships team member (top results 6th-2009, 7th-2011)
- 2007 Pan American Games, bronze (3-meter), silver (synchronized 3-meter with
Ariel Rittenhouse) - Nine-time national champion
Fun Facts: Has two sisters, Katie Beth and Kara, and two brothers, Kevin and Steve. All four siblings were college athletes, including Katie Beth, who was a five-time national champion diver at the University of Miami...Hobbies include shopping, reading, writing and playing Scrabble.