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| image = Jennifer Chandler 1976b.jpg<br />
| caption = Chandler in 1976<br />
| full_name = Jennifer Kay Bellamy Chandler<br />
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1959|6|30}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Langdale, Alabama]], U.S.<br />
| death_date = <br />
| death_place = <br />
| height = {{cvt|1.68|m|ftin|order=flip}}<br />
| weight = {{cvt|52|kg|lb|order=flip}}<br />
| sport = Diving<br />
| club = Ron O'Brien Diving School, Columbus<br />
| coach = [[Ron O'Brien (diver)|Ron O'Brien]]<br />
| show-medals = yes<br />
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{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold| [[1976 Summer Olympics|1976 Montréal]] | [[Diving at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard|3 m springboard]]}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[FINA World Aquatics Championships|World Championships]]}}<br />
{{MedalBronze| [[1978 World Aquatics Championships|1978 West Berlin]] | 3 m springboard}}<br />
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}}<br />
{{MedalGold | [[1975 Pan American Games|1975 Mexico City]] | [[Diving at the 1975 Pan American Games|3 m springboard]]}}<br />
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'''Jennifer Kay Bellamy Chandler''' (born June 13, 1959) is a retired American [[diving (sport)|diver]] who attended the University of Arizona, and won a gold medal in diving in the 1976 Montreal Olympics.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |url=http://www.excellesports.com/news/olympic-gold-medalist-jennifer-chandler/ |title=How a Career Ends: Olympic gold medalist Jennifer Chandler |last=Trucks |first=Richard |date=2016-08-05 |work=Excelle Sports |access-date=2017-11-20 |language=en-US |archive-date=December 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032551/http://www.excellesports.com/news/olympic-gold-medalist-jennifer-chandler/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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Chandler was born on June 30, 1959 in Langdale, Alabama,and started diving when she was nine. She went to the junior Olympics at the age of 12, and in 1975 won the AAU national indoor 1-meter springboard event. In 1976 she captured the national indoor 3-meter springboard championship.<ref name=sr>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/jennifer-chandler-1.html |title=Jennifer Chandler |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101133607/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/jennifer-chandler-1.html |archive-date=January 1, 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Diving highlights==<br />
She won a gold medal in the women's 3-metre springboard event at the [[1976 Summer Olympics]] in Montreal.<ref name=sr/> <br />
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In international competition, she won a gold at the [[Diving at the 1975 Pan American Games|1975 Pan American Games]] and a bronze medal at the [[1978 World Aquatics Championships]]. She was a seven-time national diving champion.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |url=http://www.excellesports.com/news/olympic-gold-medalist-jennifer-chandler/ |title=How a Career Ends: Olympic gold medalist Jennifer Chandler |last=Trucks |first=Richard |date=2016-08-05 |work=Excelle Sports |access-date=2017-11-20 |language=en-US |archive-date=December 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032551/http://www.excellesports.com/news/olympic-gold-medalist-jennifer-chandler/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><br />
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Chandler retired from diving when she was 21 due to back injuries.<ref name=sr>{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/jennifer-chandler-1.html |title=Jennifer Chandler |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101133607/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ch/jennifer-chandler-1.html |archive-date=January 1, 2014}}</ref><br />
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===Education===<br />
She earned a BFA in drawing and painting from The University of Arizona. She was married to John W. Stevenson, the publisher and editor of The Randolph Leader in Roanoke, Alabama, until his death in 2019.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Obituary of John Wyatt Stevenson {{!}} Quattlebaum Funeral Home |url=https://quattlebaumfuneralhome.com/tribute/details/2252/John-Stevenson/obituary.html |access-date=2024-08-12 |website=quattlebaumfuneralhome.com |language=en-US}}</ref>'' '' Chandler is also a painter with work on display through the [[Art of the Olympians]] organization.<br />
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===Post-diving careers===<br />
Chandler has done work as an expert commentator for several national television networks. For 10 years, she worked for the Lakeshore Foundation, a world-class rehabilitation and athletic training facility located in [[Birmingham, Alabama]], as their development and special events coordinator.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.lakeshore.org/about-us/our-staff/ |title=Lakeshore Foundation |access-date=August 31, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130816080044/http://www.lakeshore.org/about-us/our-staff/ |archive-date=August 16, 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2021, Chandler became the director of development for the Vulcan Park and Museum in Birmingham. Three years later, she became director of community outreach for the museum.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Grant |first1=Rubin |title=Life-Changing: Chandler Recalls Winning Diving Gold Medal at Montreal Olympics |url=https://www.otmj.com/life-changing-chandler-recalls-winning-diving-gold-medal-at-montreal-olympics/ |access-date=10 July 2024 |work=Over the Mountain Journal |date=9 July 2024 |ref=OTMJ}}</ref><br />
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===Honors===<br />
She was inducted into the [[Alabama Sports Hall of Fame]] (ASHOF) in 1985,<ref>[http://ashof.org/index.php?src=directory&view=company&srctype=detail&refno=196&category=Diving Alabama Sports Hall of Fame: Jennifer Chandler]</ref> and was elected to the [[International Swimming Hall of Fame]] in 1987.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ishof.org/jennifer-chandler-(usa).html |title=International Swimming Hall of Fame: Jennifer Chandler (USA), 1987 Honor Diver |access-date=August 31, 2016 |archive-date=May 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180514065237/https://ishof.org/jennifer-chandler-(usa).html |url-status=dead }}</ref> She became the educational outreach director for the American Swimming Hall of Fame (ASHOF) in 2003.<ref>[http://www.encyclopediaofalabama.org/article/h-2056 Encyclopedia of Alabama: Jennifer Chandler]</ref><br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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{{Footer Olympic Champions Diving Women 3 Metre Springboard}}<br />
{{Footer Pan American Diving Champions 3m Springboard Women}}<br />
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