Background and Accomplishments:
Laura Wilkinson is an Olympic platform diver who won a gold medal in the 2000 Olympic Games. Wilkinson rebounded from disappointment in the Athens Olympic Games to win the 2005 world title.
Wilkinson has persevered in the sport despite several surgeries, including two on her wrist since the 2004 Olympics.
Personal:
At the 2008 Beijing Games she will be 30, nearly twice
the age of her top teenage competitors.
Wilkinson lives in The Woodlands, Texas, with her husband, former University of Minnesota swimmer Eriek Hulseman.
Pre-Event Rituals:
Wilkinson is said to recite Philippians 4:13, which reads, "I can do all things through Christ, who strengthens me," before each dive.
