Irene MacDonald
Olympic athlete
1931 – 2002
Who was Irene MacDonald?
Irene Margaret MacDonald, OBC was a Canadian athlete, sports executive and broadcaster from Hamilton, Ontario. She won Canada's first-ever Olympic diving medal, a bronze, at the 1956 Summer Games.
She won a Bronze medal in 3 Metres Springboard Diving at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games and a Silver medal at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games. She also competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
She was a broadcaster for CBC television covering diving events from the 1976 Summer Olympics through to the 1988 Summer Olympics.
In 1991, she was made a Member of the Order of British Columbia. She is a member of the BC Sports Hall of Fame, the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame, and the Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame.
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- Born
- Nov 22, 1931
Hamilton - Also known as
- Irene Margaret MacDonald
- Nationality
- Canada
- Lived in
- Hamilton
- Died
- Jun 20, 2002
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on July 23, 2013
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