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Branko Ziherl je bil edini slovenski in jugoslovanski skakalec v vodo, ki je nastopil na OI. Rodil se je v znani družini Ziherl, pet let svojega otroštva preživel v Škofji Loki, leta 1921 pa se je družina preselila v Ljubljano. Za Kraljevino Jugoslavijo je na OI v Berlinu leta 1936 osvojil 10. mesto v skokih s 3-metrske deske s 125,26 točke. V dvodnevnem tekmovanju so morali tekmovalci – nastopilo jih je 24 iz 15 držav – izvesti pet obveznih skokov in naslednji dan še pet skokov po izboru. V skokih z 10-metrskega stolpa je tedaj 20-letni Ljubljančan z 78,28 točke zasedel 20. mesto med 26 tekmovalci iz 15 držav. Šest let pozneje je padel v Kočevskem Rogu. Po drugi svetovni vojni so po njem poimenovali priznanja športnikom za vrhunske dosežke in priznanja športnim delavcem za dolgoletno uspešno delo v telesni kulturi.
Branko Ziherl was the only Slovene and Yugoslav diver to appear at an Olympic Games. He was born into the respected Ziherl family and spent five years of his childhood in Škofja Loka. In 1921 the family moved to Ljubljana. At the Berlin Olympic Games in 1936, he took 10th place for the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in the 3-metre board with a score of 125.26 points. The two-day competition involved 24 contestants from 15 countries performing five compulsory jumps on the first day and five additional jumps on the second. The 20-year-old also finished 20th out of 26 competitors in the 10-meter tower event, scoring 78.28 points. Six years later, during World War II, he lost his life in the battle of Kočevski Rog. After the war, several sports achievement awards were named after him for his successful work in physical education.