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Bud Pinkston
Full name: Clarence Elmer "Bud" Pinkston
Gender: Male
Born: February 2, 1900 in Wichita, Kansas, United States
Died: November 18, 1961 in Detroit, Michigan, United States
Affiliations: Olympic Club, San Francisco (USA)
Country: 
United States
Sport: Diving
Related Olympians: Husband of Betty Becker-Pinkston.
Medals: 1 Gold, 1 Silver, 2 Bronze (4 Total)
Biography
Among Americans, only Mickey Riley (Galitzen) has matched Bud Pinkston’s record of winning four Olympic diving medals. Pinkston won the AAU outdoor for five straight years from 1920 and won two AAU springboard titlesone indoors and one outdoors. Pinkston was from the great school of divers who were coached by Ernst Brandsten at Stanford; at the 1924 Olympics, Stanford divers made a sweep of the medals in both the springboard and the platform. Pinkston married Betty Becker, the 1924 Olympic platform champion, and coached her to her second gold medal in 1928. After retiring from competition he became a coach and athletic director for the Detroit AC. |
Results
| Games | Age | City | Sport | Event | Team | NOC | Rank | Medal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1920 Summer | 20 | Antwerpen | Diving | Men's Springboard | United States | USA | 2 | Silver | |
| 1920 Summer | 20 | Antwerpen | Diving | Men's Platform | United States | USA | 1 | Gold | |
| 1924 Summer | 24 | Paris | Diving | Men's Springboard | United States | USA | 3 | Bronze | |
| 1924 Summer | 24 | Paris | Diving | Men's Platform | United States | USA | 3 | Bronze | |
| 1924 Summer | 24 | Paris | Diving | Men's Plain High | United States | USA | 9 |
Men's Springboard
Men's Platform
Men's Plain High
| Games | Age | City | Sport | Country | Phase | Unit | Rank | O | PTS | JO | JP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1924 Summer | 24 | Paris | Diving | United States | Final | 9 | 41.0 | 125.0 | ||||
| 1924 Summer | 24 | Paris | Diving | United States | Round One Pool Two | 2 | QU | 10.0 | 157.0 | |||
| 1924 Summer | 24 | Paris | Diving | United States | Final Round | Judge #1 | 8T | 8.5 | 28 | |||
| 1924 Summer | 24 | Paris | Diving | United States | Final Round | Judge #2 | 8 | 8.0 | 26 | |||
| 1924 Summer | 24 | Paris | Diving | United States | Final Round | Judge #3 | 9 | 9.0 | 21 | |||
| 1924 Summer | 24 | Paris | Diving | United States | Final Round | Judge #4 | 7T | 7.5 | 25 | |||
| 1924 Summer | 24 | Paris | Diving | United States | Final Round | Judge #5 | 8 | 8.0 | 25 | |||
| 1924 Summer | 24 | Paris | Diving | United States | Round One Pool Two | Judge #1 | 1 | 1.0 | 34 | |||
| 1924 Summer | 24 | Paris | Diving | United States | Round One Pool Two | Judge #2 | 3 | 3.0 | 32 | |||
| 1924 Summer | 24 | Paris | Diving | United States | Round One Pool Two | Judge #3 | 1T | 1.5 | 31 | |||
| 1924 Summer | 24 | Paris | Diving | United States | Round One Pool Two | Judge #4 | 2 | 2.0 | 30 | |||
| 1924 Summer | 24 | Paris | Diving | United States | Round One Pool Two | Judge #5 | 2T | 2.5 | 30 |
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