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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