Klaus Dibiasi

Dibiasi is still the only diver to win the same Olympic event three times running, platform gold in 1968, 1972 and 1976, after silver in 1964. Italy had no proper diving facilities, and he trained outdoors in all seasons, yet his entries were famously clean and consistent across all three Games. His final win in Montreal, over the rising Greg Louganis, marked the handover between two eras.