Talk:Wayne Grimditch

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Wayne Grimditch is a Hall of Fame water skier who competed for the United States in the 1972 Olympic Games in Germany winning two silver medals in the demonstration sport of water skiing. Grimditch would go on to establish 10 U.S. national jumping records and four world marks in the sport. He earned 16 national titles and and was the first skier to earn jumping records in the Junior Boy's, Boy's and Men's divisions simultaneously. Grimditch was known as a child prodigy qualifying for his first national tournament in slalom at just nine years old. Due to a concussion, he began wearing a helmet which became common to the sport -- though not a requirement -- thereafter.

Though inducted into the American Water Ski Hall of Fame in 1986 and the International Water Ski Federation Hall of Fame in 2005, one of Grimditch's most well-known legacies was when he competed and won the 1978 ABC's Superstars competition. It was the first and only time that a water skier won the competition. The Superstars multi-sport training regimen may have altered Grimditch's water skiing career, however, and injuries associated with participation in Superstars would limit his contributions to the sport on the water in subsequent years. Grimditch moved to television color commentary to give analysis of water skiing events after his skiing career was concluded. Trademarked water skis and helmets bore his name and Grimditch began his own fitness company in Florida.