The Platinum Pro 5000 Divers Directory

We invite you to browse and learn about the special individuals who founded, nurtured and grew our wonderful, exciting sport from its infancy to its popularity as a recreation enjoyed by millions of people all over the world. The Platinum Pro 5000 online archive is an ongoing record of the history of diving, and will be updated regularly with information that may currently be missing. The majority of information appearing in the archive comes from submissions to the award by the divers or family members on behalf of the divers. As such, SSI cannot be responsible for the content submitted by individuals or their representatives. SSI reserves the right to modify submissions, and reject submissions deemed unacceptable. If you would like to contribute a photo or information to the profile of a Platinum Pro, please email us at admin@ssiusa.com.

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2008

John Akins Dan Badgley Luca Barbieri Tiziana Barni Tom Bartley Paulo Guilherme A. Cajalanti Ronald Carlo Salvatore Catania Alberto Catinelli Jimmy Choo Mauro Cicerchia Thomas E. Clark Dee Covert Annie Crawley Serge De Groote Koen De Wit Gabriele Del Duca Anna DeLoach John Doe john doetest Michael Eversmier Mark Fowler Julio Cesar Francia Joseph T. Giacinto Fran Graham Les Graham Gary Hawkes David Hinkle Hershell Lamar Hires Tom Hopkins Robert F. Huff Richard J. "Dick" Hurlbut James Ikerd Tom Ingram Jim Johnson Rob Keersmaekers Clarence Kugelberg Debborah Lecocq Samuel Lecocq Capt. Gary Mace Mike McCrory David J. McKenney Ronald Menke Harold W. Moose Jr. Kevin Morgan Michael Musto Flavio Olmeda Stephen D. Phillips Gabor Pichler Jerry L. Portwood Jean Pierre Prina Diane Richards Jim Richards Britt Ross Thomas Smedley Jerry Smith Matee Srisawat Jess Stark Ronald "Rogest" Steven Gary Taylor Stefano Terribile Peter Uhrovcsik Steven M. Weaver Kathy A. Weydig Curtis Wiessner Cristina Zenato Eric Zwanenburg

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2007

Capt. Colin D. Aldridge Jason Belport Rusty Berry Robert Bleser Gordon M. Boivin Karen D. Campbell Jose M. Cartagena John Chatterton Roger Dunton Nancy Easterbrook Capt. John Gallagan Klaus Gasser John Goodner Jennifer Hayes Jill Heinerth Wolfgang Hofmann Christian Holfelder Dicksy Holfelder Michael S. Hollis Pierce Hoover Rebecca Jacobs Ann Y. Keibler Dion Keith Richard Kohler Margie McKenzie Dr. Samuel Miller, IV Mario Miraglia Pete Nawrocky Jan G. Neal Bob Timothy Ng Gayle Adams Peterson Stephen L. Phillips David Reidenbach William Blades Robinson Ole Skjaerbaek Steve Spivey Jerrie R. Struble David Tomlinson Hillary Viders Cathy Wadle Richard J. Wadle Rodney Wadle David Wurtz Mark Young Julianne Ziefle William M. Ziefle

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2006

Michael R. Ange Steven M. Barnett Patrick Belton Heinz Juestrich Keith A. Mattson Robert W. Meadows James K. Miller L. Stephen Newman Mary Ann Newman Jeffrey R. Rice Herman D. Stinnett Erasmo Troncoso Alan Whitford Craig Willemsen

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2005

John R. Baker Daryl J. Bauer James E. Bruning Lucy Bunkley-Williams Frank Best Campbell Michel Chauveau Carlos Felix Rolf Greve Jean-Georges Harmelin Jean-Pierre Imbert Lutz Kamski Gerald H. Lang Werner Lau Jay R. Moskowitz Vicente Teofilo Munoz Fernandez Donald T. Mustic Alese Pechter Morton Pechter Alec C. Peirce Norbert Probst Kent N. Rockwell Hector M. Ruiz Victoria J. Ruiz Timothy D. Sellick Cliff Simoneau Gustavo Torreira Patrice Vogel Guido Waetzig Joop Werson Ernest H. Williams, Jr.

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2004

Todd Baldi Juergen Barthel Fabio Massimo Brevi Lyndon Bryant Marc J. Cohen Ron Coley Realino Conte Barbara Corneli Helmut Corneli Bruce M. Cornwall Quincy A. Deas Danny L. Faas Theodor Falk Alain Foret Harrington R. Frazier Jr. Francisco Jose Garcia Alberto Bolanos Gonzalez Michael A. Huhn Eric Le Coedic Gerard Magnier Gianni Neto Cristiane Guerra Nieto Jeffrey B. Powelson Tom Roach Francois Sarano Robbie Shumaker Wes Skiles Mark Stephenson Stefano Stolfa Tom Stone Jack Tatum Richard Todd Howard "Bud" W. Uren Nardo Vicente Thom Wells Richard Lindley Wilgus

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2003

Gerard Altman Dan Auber Ray G. Bullion II Richard E. Byam Edward C. Cargile Ray Castillo Robert H. Chambers Bob Christensen Captain Tom Conlin Anthony J. Crabtree Alain Delmas Frederic Di Meglio Francis Dupont Vincent Fenech Menno T.W. Gaastra Joseph P. Gannon Kurt Huber Steve Hutto Rich Jackson Gerhard Jurecek Jean Piere Malamas Manuel Marrero Juan Carlos Mazzola Nancy J. McGee Eugene D. McNeese Thomas S. Misenti Brad J. Nelson Tito Rodriguez Gabriel Vazquez Saldana Daniel M. Saunders Chris Saverino Clifford L. Schmidt Jr. Fred Schneidewind Robert Stoss Ella Stoss Herman van Leeuwen Claude Wesly

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2002

Doug Allan Sayed H. Aly Mario E. Arroyo Sir David Attenborough Marcos R. Birbeire Iain Bouskill Andrew Byatt Giuseppe Cabrini Wayne B. Carlson Roberto Cicognani John Clay Mike Crocker Chris Crumley Miguel A. de Las Casas Walter E. de Souza Watson DeVore Hilary Driscoll Ron Duncan Linda Dunk Hatem Sany El Din Ahmed El Engbawy Mel Flaget Ulrich Floss Luciano Fraboni Gianni Giuffrida Dave Haddad Patrick J. Hammer Martha Holmes Tim Horgan Thomas Hudak Tom Hurst Andrew James Craig S. Jenni Charles Johnston Victor Hugo Leiva Juarez Hank Ketels Robert Knapick Kenneth D. Knezick George E. Krasle Craig Mann James J. Miller Hubert Minihuber Manuel Mola Andrew R. Mrozinski John Ornsby Eric Peterson Katherine Read Jimmy W. Redfearin Juan Jose Rodriguez Mohamed Saleh Hatem Sany El Din Ugo Sensi Timoteo A. Sevilla Craig A. Shaw Cindy Shumaker Frederick Siems Hugo Adrian Sorbille Marcos Vitoria Desmond Barry Walters Winnie West Dave Wetherald

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2001

Nancy Boucha Nicholas Buckley Ian Laurence Denney Carlos Alberto Diaz Martin Edge Hansi Eschmann Robert E. Frusher Mark Girdlestone Carlos Guzman Thomas S. Henderson Dierk Junge Jozef Koppelman David Kristofic Kevin McAfee Bud Morris Cathy Morris Liberto Arbos Rodriguez Daniel H. Ruth Lee Selisky Robert J. Shourot Gavin Sleath Richard Story Roberto Traversari Robert H. Tseng Maurice William Vierow Gerard Warburg Jeremy Webster, M.D. Marcus Werneck Ralph B. White David Williams

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2000

Jens Alber Art W. Aldrich Georges Badie Jean Marc Badie John Bantin Patrick R. Barron Paul Beattie Jean Louis Blanchard James C. Brandon Graham Brogden Teiva Buchin Doug Burke Hans Bux H. Keith Chase Lynn J. Chase Jennifer Cowie Mohamed Yousry Dawoud Lothar de Bruijn Camille Delebart Linda L. Fox Kim Gleason Grant W. Graves Johannes Hild Aaron Hirsh Ikuo Hiyoshi Mike Holbrook Hank Hynds Kuniichi Iwasa Charlie Johnson Philip Andrew Jones Wataru Kizawa Martin Krueger Hiroshi Kubota Raymond Lefevre John E. Lewis Ph.D. Christopher A. Manos Charles McDaniel Alfonso Arnold Mirando Neil L. Mitchell Philippe Molle Sarah Moody Jean Paul Morales Jan Morees Kirk Mortensen Paul D. Oberle Sr. Ron Opie Jean Paul Poivert Henri Pouliquen Gerard Puig Alberto Leonard Robles Ronald Ross Edward S. Salamone Koos Schaareman Wolfgang Schink Jaime Mejia Silva Bart Snelder John Spencer Wayne Stobie Sid Stoval Hisayuki Sugamata John Thackray Takamasa Tonozuka Claude Touloumdjian Johann Vifian Verena Vifian Serge Ximenes

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1999

Jose Manuel Aldeguer Armando A. Alentado Seiji Anno Peter B. Bennett Joseph W. Bereswill Paolo Bergami Roland Blanc Miljenko Brkljacic Karen Chalk Clay Chivers William H. Clendenen Ed Cooper James A. Copiskey Charles D. Craw Pierre Dernier Alain Desogere Colin Doeg Georgette Douwma Albert Falco Jean-Paul Farrugia Achille Ferrero Alfred A. Franklin III Yve Gladu Uwe Glomb Francisco Gomez John C. Halas Judith Flenniken Halas Edmund Hobson Fabian Huver Taihei Kato Yoji Kishi Frederick Q. Lawson Jo Le Corguille Stephen Lee Gerry Matt Jean Francois Mazeaud Nobuyuki Mori Francisco J. Valero Moronta Richard C. Neumann Rafael de Nicola Valerian Nowordworski Tetsu Nozawa Maurice Oliviero Nicholas A. Palandra Gonzalo Domingo Perez Franklin J. Pulley Marco Aurelio Reis Jr. Mark L. Ridge Kevin R. Roby Peter Rowlands Jens Rubschlager Rudolf Schlatter Rolf Schulte Peter Scoones Heather Lynne Sellick Akihiko Shinomiya Walt A. Stearns Shawn Stiver Stephen Sturgeon Shinsuke Suda Dave Tagert Scott Taylor Mia Jean Tegner Walther Tichy Charles M. Tyler Steve Vanik Chris Wachholz Louise Wiesner Anthony Wiley Tetsuichi Yanai

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1998

Peter Alber Klaus Aleschewski Ingalill Atala Woon Sun Baek Roger W. Bailiff Charles A. Bangert Jerry Beaty Andy Belcher Andre R. Bibeau Jeffrey Bozanic Jean-Marc Broner Tom Campbell Peter Carter Rene Cavallo Han Chang She Myung Chang Eric Chapon Jerry Yip Kai Chiew Ruth Mary Chofre Larry J. Cox Stephen William Day Gilbert De Coriolis Johann Werner Demmel Thomas Droste Francis Keith Ettien Christer Falkeborn Alexander Gerhard Fertig Capt. Harry E. Fischer Dieter Florian Robert Furtner Joe Geiss Bret Gilliam Nuno Gomes Fred Good Paul Goodall Kevin Green Bruno Guimbard Panos Hadjinicolaou Mohamed Haleem John H. Harding Wolfgang Herm Ricardo Hernandez Steve Hills Reinhard "James" Hof Earle Dene Huntington Musthag Hussain Keith Ibsen Francis Imbert David R. Jackson Bo Jarsmo Burt Jones Luca E. Juris Jordan Klein Jr. David Knight Linda Kohut Masaharu Kometani Masao Kon Armin Korger Jim Kozmik Bernd "Mac" Kuehnel Wolfgang Kursch Glenn Langtry Hardy Lau Inge Lennmark Hassan Manik Jason Manix Sergio Marquez Jose Francisco Mastropaolo Kris Menkens Daniel Mercier Stefan Michl Alexei Mikhailov Simon Mitchell Jean Pierre Montagnon Burkhard Moritz Mike Nelson Carl Nicholls Bruno Nicoletti Jose Nicoletti Hans Oernhagen Bill Oliver Erik Ostergaard Jean-Michel Oyhenart Javier Ibran Pardo Daniele Pellegrino Detlef Pistor Jean Pierre Poizat Richard Pothier Juergen Ritzschke Irvan Rockman Gerhard Ruloff Mark Scapens Martin Schlifski Michael Schmitt Robert Schneider Hiroshi Senou Jorge Perez Serra Maurine Shimlock David J. Simms Jerry Simons Paul Skogland David Strike Kunio Tachibana Bob Talbot Kazuyoshi Tateishi Chris Thornley Masahiro Tomari Jan Uhre Herbert Unger Charles Urbanski Fabio Valenti Pierre G.V. Weckman Monika Wiget Lester E. Willis Riet G. P. Wubs Masaoki Yamaguchi Isshin Yoshida Josef Zedelmayer Christine Zedelmayer

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1997

Stefano Baieri Angela Bandini Edgardo Bannini Maurizio Barberini Juan Bello Danilo Cedrone Norman Charles Chambers Pamela I. Christman Luciana Civico Gerald F. Comeau Antonio Cressi Roberto Cristofori Giulia D'Angelo Brian W. Davis Patrick Dunn Tamer Elana Renata Falangola Fred Fogel Angelo Gadau Maria Ghelia Giuseppe Massimo Giudicelli Song Shing Hae Loky Herlambang Koichi Honma Ron Hoogesteyn An Jung Hoon Sam Jackson Ed Johnson Lim Sung Ki Angela Macaluso Rossana Maiorca Stefano Makula Raymond F. McAllister Burton McNeely Lawrence E. Mertens Robert T. Mester Casimiro Micheletti Steven Minne Adolfo Morales Yukio Murata Akinobu Nakazono Terry Nicklin Everardo Noltenius Claude Oppenheim Vernon Pedersen Lim Hua Peng Jorge Rey Felipe Scheker Raffella Schiller Mario Scianna Donald P. Seruntine Ashraf Shafshak Gordon Shearer Richard Allan Slater John Stewart T. Wings Stocks Jaime Vives Hiroyuki Watanabe Greg Wilson Sumihiro Yamasaki Allen L. Yurek Roberto Zocca

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1996

Paul Adler Norio Akama Claude Antoine Wolfgang Assl Greg Barnes William V. Beard Nadine K. Beard Gianluca Beretta Janet Bieser Malcolm Blair Ernst Bretterklieber Stan Bugg Alecsi Bugowicz Bernie Campoli Claudio Cangini Alfredo Carini Lorenzo Cervellin Lee Sun Cheol Hwang Chull Alvin Clemencia Terry G. Clymire Arduino Colassanti Peter Collings Dennis Corbett Giovanni Cozzi Jose Dieppa Johan Domacasse Jack Drafahl Sue Drafahl Johann Dworak Mohsen El Gohary Vicente J. Toldra Ferragud Ponti Francis Herbert Frei Leonora Fritzsche Dietmar Fuchs Phil Galletta Federico Galletti Hank Garvin Ronald Gillman Massimo Giovannucci Rene Gomez Dieter Hagemann Kim Chong Hak Masayoshi Hayashi Roger A. Hess Eddi Heusler George M. Hoffman Dohn D. Hubley Bernd Humberg Yusuke Itagaki