Robert Lynn Clotworthy (May 8, 1931 – June 1, 2018)[2] was an American diver and swimmer for Ohio State, and a 1956 Olympic gold and 1952 bronze medalist in the 3-meter springboard.

At the 1952 Helsinki Olympic 3-meter springboard competition, Clotworthy scored a 184.92 taking the bronze, behind Americans Skippy Browning, who took the gold and Miller Anderson, who took the silver.

[3][4] Clotworthy attended Ohio State University under the guidance of diving and swimming Hall of Fame Head Coach Mike Peppe where he majored in Physical Education, graduating in 1954.

[4][5] After meeting at the 1955 Pan Am Games, Clotworthy married Cynthia Gill, on March 22, 1958 at St. Thomas Episcopal Church in Hanover, New Hampshire while Bob was coaching swimming and diving at Dartmouth University.

[8] Shortly after his marriage, Clotworthy was chosen by the International Educational Exchange Service, of the U.S. State Department, to give swimming and diving exhibitions from June–September, 1958, as a good will gesture in Malaya, Japan, Ceylon, Singapore, Thailand, Egypt, and Morocco, and later spend a week at the World’s Fair in Brussels, Belgium.

In his late years, he became known as an American diving historian, and was working to write a lengthy history of the sport before his death on June 1, 2018 in Salt Lake City, Utah.