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Don Wagstaff (Donald Douglas Wagstaff) was born on 24 July, 1949 in Australia, is an Australian diver. Discover Don Wagstaff's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 74 years old?

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Age 74 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 24 July, 1949
Birthday 24 July
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Nationality Australia

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1949

Donald Douglas Wagstaff, MBE (born 24 July 1949) is an Australian former diver who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics, in the 1972 Summer Olympics, and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.

1966

He also participated in four Commonwealth Games events, from the 1966 Games in Kingston up to the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton.

Upon arriving in Kingston, Jamaica for the 1966 Commonwealth Games, Wagstaff and fellow diver Chris Robb were the first to start training immediately upon arrival, despite the day being declared one of "relaxation and settling in", due to the long trip from Sydney, Australia.

Their opportunity to train was limited, as the pool staff were not expecting them so soon upon their arrival.

Wagstaff went on to win two silver medals at the games, one in each of the men's diving events.

1968

He was the only male diver to represent Australia during the 1968 Summer Olympics.

1970

In the men's diving event of the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, Wagstaff picked up gold medals in both of the events and became the first Australian man to win a gold medal in a springboard event at any previous Olympic or Commonwealth Games.

Wagstaff was described as having given "the best exhibition of spring-board diving seen by an Australian".

His achievement was witnessed by his mum, who had to save $1000 in order to travel to the games and filmed him diving on her movie camera.

1971

In 1971, following his diving success, he attended The Age Sports Star of the Year banquet in Melbourne, at a time when he was being described as "the greatest diver Australia has ever produced".

1972

In July 1972, he competed in an international diving competition held in Helsinki, where he won the men's springboard event.

Shortly after, he participated in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich.

1974

In the 1974 Christchurch Commonwealth Games, Wagstaff retained his gold-medal status in both events, having had to come from behind in the 10-metre tower event, beating Scott Cranham despite messing up his 4th dive.

Following his double gold medal wins in 1974, it would be another 20 years before an Australian would win a two gold medal double in Commonwealth Games diving, with diver Michael Murphy achieving the honour.

1975

During an international diving competition held in Vienna during June 1975, he finished fifth in the men's springboard event with a score of 501.15, in a competition where Australians finished among the top competitors.

1976

During the 1976 Summer Olympics, Wagstaff missed qualifying in his respective event by just 1.74 points, having finished ninth with 529.11 points.

His coach Frank Murphy was critical of the judging panel, suggesting they were bias in their awarding of points towards competitors of their own country, in particular the points awarded by the Italian judge which he deemed a "fiasco".

Murphy considered Wagstaff to have "a seemingly unbeatable lead" over fellow competitor Greg Louganis, who was then awarded a "phenomenal" 69.90 points in his final dive to secure his own place, although Murphy did concede that the dive difficulty undertaken by Louganis was higher than Wagstaff's.

1977

In 1977, Wagstaff won the men's 3-metre springboard title during the Australian Winter Diving Championships, defeating John Pendall and having been 18 points clear by the 5th round and ultimately winning by a margin of 5.90 points.

1978

His last competitive event was in the 1978 Commonwealth Games, where he could only finish in 3rd place in the 3-metre springboard event, having previously won it on the last two occasions.

1980

In the 1980 Birthday Honours list, Wagstaff was named as receiving an MBE for services to diving.

1982

When asked about the possibility of competing during the 1982 Commonwealth Games, which were held in his home country in the city of Brisbane, he conceded that he would "probably be in a Judge's chair by then".

He ultimately was a commentator for the 1982 games.

He was presented with a special award by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in October 1982, in which he was included among 10 of Australia's best all-time athletes, yet only first heard about his award when he read the preceding day's newspaper.

Born Donald Douglas Wagstaff, his father was in the navy during World War II and he would frequently dive from the mast of a destroyer into the ocean "just for the hell of it".

His son Peter also took up diving.