Chris Snode

Christopher Snode (born 23 March 1959) is a former World Cup Champion diver who represented Great Britain and England.

Diving career He represented Great Britain at the 1976 Summer Olympics, 1980 Summer Olympics, and 1984 Summer Olympics. He represented England at the 1978 and 1982 Commonwealth Games, and won four gold medals. Snode was the University of Florida's first individual NCAA National Champion (1978). At the first-ever FINA Diving World Cup held in The Woodlands, Texas in 1979, Snode became World Cup Champion in the men's three-metres springboard event.

Snode attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where he dove for the Florida Gators swimming and diving team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1977 to 1980. He was recognized as the Southeastern Conference Diver of the Year three consecutive years, received six All-American honors, and was Florida's first individual NCAA National champion (three-metres springboard event in 1978).

Snode was a member of the British Olympic team in 1976, 1980 and 1984; he placed among the top ten divers in the world in both platform and springboard diving at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow and the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Exhibited artwork at the UTR art exhibition in Bluewater Feb - March 2023

Honours and recognition Great Britain's first World Diving Champion 1979 University of Florida's first NCAA National Champion (individual) 1978 University of Florida Hall of Fame, inducted as a Gator Great 1993 Swim England's George Hearn Cup - Honoured a record eight times 1975, 1978 to 1984 Nominated for Equity / CDA Diversity TV Commercial Casting Award 2016 Nominate best casting of feature film (Feature 83) - Runner up CDA award