Wendy Lucero-Schayes

(1963- ) lived in Lincoln. Athlete, broadcast journalist, participated in competitive diving and swimming for ten years, and became the first Hispanic diver to win the NCAA one-meter diving championship in 1985 and to win the America Cup II championship in three-meter diving in 1987 and the first U.S. Hispanic to win a silver medal in the World Championships in 1991; participated in the 1988 Olympics, won nine national titles, and several medals in international events; appeared on national television as sports commentator, and hosted local talk show in Denver. Consult Notable Hispanic American Women (Gale, 1993) 242-245 and Anne J. Johnson, Great Women in Sports (Visible Ink Press, 1996) 309-311 and Diane Telgen and Jim Kamp, eds, Latinas! Women of Achievement (Visible Ink Press, 1996) 219-226 and Nicolas Kanellos, Hispanic Firsts (Gale, 1997) 297-298.

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