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{{Short description|American diver (born 1963)}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|March 9, 1963}}
| birth_place = [[Cedar Rapids, Iowa]], U.S.
| headercolor = lightsteelblue
| show-medals = yes
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport | Men's [[diving (sport)|diving]] }}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[World Aquatics Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1991 World Aquatics Championships|1991 Perth]] | [[Diving at the 1991 World Aquatics Championships – Men's 3 metre springboard|3&nbsp;m springboard]] }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan American Games]] }}
{{MedalGold | [[1991 Pan American Games|1991 Havana]] | [[Diving at the 1991 Pan American Games|3&nbsp;m springboard]] }}
}}

'''Kent Monroe Ferguson''' (born March 9, 1963) is a retired [[diving (sport)|diver]] from the [[United States]]. He was born in [[Cedar Rapids, Iowa]] northwest of [[Davenport, Iowa|Davenport]]. He competed at the [[1992 Summer Olympics]], finishing in fifth place in the [[Diving at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's 3 metre springboard|men's 3&nbsp;m springboard]] event.

Ferguson won the gold medal in the same event a year earlier at the [[1991 Pan American Games]] in [[Havana, Cuba]] and at the [[1991 World Aquatics Championships]] in [[Perth, Australia]].

He participated in the [[Fox Broadcasting Company|Fox]] TV show [[The Floor (American game show)|The Floor]] in February 2025. He and a friend who also was in the Olympics as a diver had tried out for another program. After getting to the final interview part of the show as a team, they were invited to join The Floor. Ferguson's friend declined saying that he wasn't good at trivia.

==See also==
* [[World Fit]]

== References ==
* {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fe/kent-ferguson-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418083252/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fe/kent-ferguson-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=Kent Ferguson}}

{{Footer World Champions 3m Springboard Men}}
{{Footer Pan American Diving Champions 3m Springboard Men}}

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[[Category:1963 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:American male divers]]
[[Category:Divers at the 1992 Summer Olympics]]
[[Category:Olympic divers for the United States]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Cedar Rapids, Iowa]]
[[Category:World Aquatics Championships medalists in diving]]
[[Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in diving]]
[[Category:Divers at the 1991 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games]]
[[Category:20th-century American sportsmen]]


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