Kimiko Hirai Soldati
Kimiko Hirai Soldati
is an American diver, and she is pretty remarkable. Take a look at her competition record:
- 2004 National Champion - 3M
- 2004 Wendy Wyland Award Recipient
- 2004 Olympic Team Member
- 2004 US Olympic Trials Champion - 3M
- 2004 FINA/USA Grand Prix Silver Medalist - 10 Meter synchro (w/ Laura Wilkinson)
- 2004 Canada Cup Bronze Medalist - 10 Meter synchro (w/ Laura Wilkinson)
- 2004 American Cup Champion 10 Meter synchro (w/ Laura Wilkinson), 2nd - 10 Meter
- 2004 World Cup Team Member, 4th - 10 Meter synchro (partner Laura Wilkinson), 7th-3 Meter (partner Erin Quinn)
- 2002 US Diver of The Year
- 2002 WHOSAM, Inc. Award recipient
- 2002 US National Champion - 3 Meter Springboard
- 2002 World Cup Silver Medalist - 10 Meter Platform
- 2002 FINA/USA Grand Prix Silver Medalist - 3 Meter Synchro, Bronze Medalist - 10 Meter Synchro, Bronze Medalist - Team Event
- 2001 Goodwill Games Bronze medalist, USA - 3 Meter, first medal for the USA since 1984 on springboard in international competition
- 2001 National Champion 1 Meter, Silver medalist - 3 Meter & 10 Meter
- 2001 World Championship Team member & Team Captain, 6th - 10 Meter synchro, 7th - 3 Meter synchro
- 2001 United States Diver of the Year
- 2 - time US National Woman's All-Around Award Winner
- Athlete Performance Award Lifetime award for United States
- Invited Olympic-hopeful to the 2001's USOC's 'Summit 2004'
- 1998 Goodwill Games USA Team Member
- USA National Team Member, 1998-present
She does sports modelling in addition to continuing her activity as a diver. Her incredible legs are quite an asset on the board and in front of the camera.
The following beautiful and artistic images are from Ms. Soldati's web site, http://www.kimiko-usa.com/:
| Kimiko 1 - hi-res motion shot | Kimiko 2 - entering the water (beautiful calves) | Kimiko 3 - mid-rotation |
| Kimiko 4 - leaping into the air | Kimiko 5 -
Diving |
Kimiko 6 |
You can find more of Ms. Soldati at http://www.athletemodels.com/; photography by Tony Duffy, who took a few of the action shots found on Kimiko's web page.







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