McKenzie

Biography:
== In 1964, the family moved to the Birmingham suburb of Mountain Brook and joined the Mountain Brook Swim and Tennis Club, which, at the time, was coached by Carlos de Cubas, a former Olympic swimming and diving coach from Cuba. Chandler joined the Mountain Brook Swim and Tennis club's swim team, a pastime that she described as the most fun thing that she had ever done. However, she was soon introduced to diving by her mother. De Cubas quickly recognized Chandler's natural athletic gifts of strength, stamina, coordination, and determination. He convinced her, after some initial reluctance, to switch from swimming to diving. ==

== Interesting Facts:In 1961 she learned to swim at age 2 at the University of Georgia pool in Athens.In Febuary 27, 1962 her sister ,Laurie was born.In July 20,1969 her sister Melinda Grace was born on the same day that man first walked on the moon. Alabama native Jennifer Kay Chandler (1959- ) won the gold medal for springboard diving in the 1976 Montreal Olympics at the age of 17. == == Quotes:"High goals are hard."If they were easy,everybody would accomplish them."But don't be afraid to dream big just because it's hard."You can be anything you want to be if you want it bad enough."It can happen."It happened to me." ==