Sarah Bacon

Olympian 2024

World Championships: 2024: 5th (3-meter); 2023: 11th (3-meter), 4th (3-meter synchro); 2022: Silver (1-meter), 5th (3-meter); 2019: Silver (1-meter), 14th (3-meter)

  • 0

    GOLD

  • 1

    SILVER

  • 0

    BRONZE

Athlete Bio#

Sarah Bacon with the American flag

Height

5'5"

Age

28

Hometown

Indianapolis, IN

Education

Cardinal Ritter HS (2015), University of Minnesota

Career Highlights
  • Nine-time national champion (1-meter: 2014, 2019, 2021; 3-meter: 2022, 2023x2; synchronized 3-meter: 2019, 2022, 2023)
  • Two-time World Championships silver medalist, 1-meter (2019, 2022)
  • 2024 World Cup Super Final silver medalist (synchronized 3-meter)
  • 2024 World Cup Montreal 2x silver medalist (3-meter, synchronized 3-meter)
  • 2024 World Cup Berlin gold medalist (synchronized 3-meter), bronze medalist (3-meter)
  • 2023 World Cup Super Final bronze medalist (synchronized 3-meter)
  • 2023 World Cup Montreal silver medalist (synchronized 3-meter)
  • 2021 World Cup silver medalist (3-meter)
  • 2019 Pan American Games team member (gold, 1-meter; silver, synchronized 3-meter)
  • 2014, 2010 Junior World Championships team member
  • 2011, 2009, 2007 Junior Pan American Championships team member
  • Five-time Junior Pan American Championships medalist (three gold, one silver, one bronze)
  • Five-time junior national champion
  • Four-time NCAA champion
  • Honda Award winner for swimming and diving
Personal
Sarah is the daughter of Steve and Barb Bacon...She has three brothers: Kevin, Brian and Brad...Began diving in 2004...Her favorite dives are 5152B and 107B...Sarah has had to overcome numerous injuries (she has dealt with shoulder injuries, stress fractures in her back, and concussions)...In between dives, Sarah likes to sit away from everyone else and listen to upbeat, hiphop music (Drake, Kanye West, Beyonce, Lil Wayne, Tyga)...When she is not diving, Sarah enjoys cooking, baking, watching and attending sporting events, working out, going to concerts, and being outside...Graduated from Minnesota with a degree in kinesiology... Also earned a masters in sports management at Minnesota

Athlete News#

Event Schedule#

Paris 2024 Olympic Games Diving

Head Coach: Drew Johansen Assistant Coach: Wenbo Chen Additional Coaches: David Boudia, Dwight Dumais, Jenny Johansen, Matt Scoggin, John Wingfield...

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U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Diving

Where to WatchNewsJune 17 - Kassidy Cook and Sarah Bacon win synchronized 3-meter to qualify for Olympic GamesJune 18 - Four more divers punch their tickets to Paris with synchro wins at TrialsJune 20 - Sarah Bacon, Carson Tyler lead after individual s...

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