Name: Finnian Gelbach

Height: 5'0"

DOB: 1/7/2005

Birthplace: Stuttgart, Germany

Hometown: Springfield, Va.

High School: Homeschooled

Team/Club: Alexandria Dive Club

Coach(es): Tim Fisher

Other Career Highlights

• 2016 Junior Nationals, 1st (3-meter)
• 2016 Junior Nationals, 2nd (1-meter)
• First junior nationals was in 2013 at the Junior East Nationals

Personal: Son of Mary and Doug Gelbach...Youngest of five (Patrick, Max, Aidan, Margoux)...Finnian began diving at age 7 in 2012...He also plays lacrosse and basketball...He is a boy scout...Gelbach's grandfather was a successful diver back in the 1940s...His favorite dive is the inward 2 1/2 tuck on 3-meter...He states that the hardest thing about training is "having to stop at the end of practice"...His pre-competition meal usually consists of eggs, fruit and protein bars...Favorite diver is Ryan Hawkins

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