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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||
| Born | October 26, 1994 Buffalo Grove, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | High diving | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Steven LoBue | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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James Lichtenstein (born October 26, 1994) is an American high diver. He won a gold medal at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships in high diving.
Lichtenstein was born to Mitch and Judy Lichtenstein, and has a sister, Jennifer. He attended Adlai E. Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois, where he competed in both diving and track and field. He then attended the University of Notre Dame where he was a member of the diving team. [1]
Lichtenstein was invited to join the Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in 2022. [2] He made his World Aquatics Championships debut in 2023 and finished in seventh place in the high diving event with a score of 390.20. [3]
He again competed at the 2024 World Aquatics Championships and finished in fourth place in the high diving event with a score of 376.60. [4] He competed at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships and won a gold medal in the high diving event with a score of 428.90. [5] He became the first American to win gold in the event since Steven LoBue in 2017. [6] This was team USA's first gold medal of the 2025 World Aquatics Championships. [7]
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