Cydney Liebenberg is diving for gold
Cydney Liebenberg ’21 BS RS, a five-time Horizon League diving champion, will compete internationally in the FINA Diving Grand Prix this summer after winning four gold medals in the South African National Championships.
She was No. 1 in the individual 1-meter and 3-meter and the 3-meter synchronized and mixed synchronized events at the championships, sponsored by Swimming South Africa in Boksburg April 1-6.
Liebenberg, a native of Pretoria, is South Africa's first alternate for the World Cup; she is eligible to represent South Africa at the World University Games in China.
“She’s the best diver I’ve ever had. Hands down,” says UIC Flames diving coach Susan Bromberg.
Liebenberg expects to graduate in August with a major in rehabilitation sciences and two minors: disability and human development, and psychology.
Next, she wants to earn a master’s degree in marketing, with long-term plans for a career in nonprofit health care working with underserved communities.