Cagnotto Wins Silver at Olympics
8/9/2016 12:00:00 AM | Swimming & Diving
Former Houston diver Tania Cagnotto earned her first Olympic medal Sunday in the 3-meter synchronized dive for Italy alongside partner Francesa Dallape.
The Bolzano, Italy native captured her first Olympic medal after narrowly missing bronze in the 3-meter individual and synchronized dives at the 2012 London games. Cagnotto and Dallape sealed their fate on their final dive of the night to lock up second place with a score of 313.83.
WATCH CAGNOTTO'S FINAL DIVE HERE
While Cagnotto only competed at Houston for one season, she set a UH and Conference USA record by being named C-USA Diver of the Week nine times and swept all three diving events at the 2006 C-USA Championships. She was just the second diver in C-USA history to win all three diving events at one championship meet, joining former UH diver and Olympian Yulia Pakhalina who accomplished the feat in 2002. She competed in the 2000, 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics.
Under the tutelage of former Cougar Head Diving Coach Jane Figueiredo, the Great Britain team of Tom Daley and Daniel Goodfellow nabbed a bronze medal in the men's 3-meter synchronized dive. The pair from Great Britain tallied a score of 44.45 to finish third overall.
Cagnotto will be back on the boards for the 3-meter springboard preliminary rounds Friday at 1:30 pm CT.