He competed for the United States in the 1972 Summer Olympics in Germany, winning two silver medals in the water skiing (though as water skiing was a demonstration sport in 1972, they are not included in the medal tables).
[1] Grimditch would go on to establish 10 U.S. national jumping records and four world marks in the sport.
Grimditch was known as a child prodigy qualifying for his first national tournament in slalom at just nine years old and winning the world jumping title in Copenhagen, Denmark at age 14.
[2] Though inducted into the American Water Ski Hall of Fame in 1986 [3] and the International Water Ski Federation Hall of Fame in 2005, one of Grimditch's most well-known legacies was when he competed and won the 1978 ABC's Superstars competition.
[2] Since leaving the water skiing field, Grimditch began his own fitness company in Florida.