Donald de Wayne "Don" Harper (June 4, 1932 – November 30, 2017)[1][2] was an American diver who competed for Ohio State University and won a silver medal in springboard diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

[4] Harper earned an undergraduate, master's, and doctoral degree from Ohio State in physical education, health and physiology.

He worked as a professor of Physiology at Ohio State, and occasionally travelled to teach diving concepts for a number of years.

[7] As an innovative and highly educated coach, Harper discovered a new way to capture the detailed motion of a tumble through the air by strapping a small film camera to his chest.

In August 2018, he was named to the College Swimming & Diving Coaches Association of America's Centennial List of the 100 Greatest Swimmers and Divers.