Jhonmar R. Castillo Bello (born May 17, 1971) is an Olympic diver from Venezuela, now a US citizen competing for the US. He represented Venezuela in more than 14 international diving competitions in the 10-meter platform event, and participated at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He returned to the sport of diving as a US Master Diver in 2003, to win nine US National titles between 2004 and 2006, and he represented the US at the FINA Masters World Championship (Stanford University,California 2006), where he obtained the gold medal for the United States in the 10-meter platform event while establishing a new world record with the highest score. Coaching career He coached several diving teams across the US, including The University of California, San Diego, The Dive San Diego Team and the San Diego Mesa College. In Chicago he was involved with the Oakton Diving Team, and he was the head diving coach for the . He has also coached the Scouts Diving Team and The University of Kansas Diving Team. He is currently the head diving coach for the Patriot Aquatic Club (PAC) in Illinois.
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