after making the u.s. national team in 1989 at age 21, lenzi graduated from indiana university and began diving under coach dick kimball. in 1991 and 1992, lenzi was recognized as the "phillips 66 diver of the year." lenzi represented the u.s. at the 1992 olympics in barcelona, where he won the gold medal by 31 points over tan liangde and dmitri sautin.