Irene MacDonald

Irene Margaret MacDonald

Personal information
Born	November 22, 1931 Hamilton, Ontario
Died	June 20, 2002 (aged 70)
Sport
Sport	Diving
Medal record Olympic medal record Women's Diving Competitor for  Canada 1956 Melbourne 3 metre springboard

Irene Margaret MacDonald, OBC (November 22, 1931 – June 20, 2002) was a Canadian athlete, sports executive and broadcaster from Hamilton, Ontario.^[1] 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.

References

1. "Famous Canadian Women Athletes". Retrieved 2007-01-23.

• Allan Woods (July 23, 2002). "Irene MacDonald: Canada's 'queen of the springboard'". The Globe and Mail. p. R9.