Sport Diving Name Irene MacDonald | Role Olympic athlete | |
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Born November 22, 1931 ( 1931-11-22 ) Hamilton, Ontario Died June 20, 2002, Delta, Canada Olympic medals Diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Women's 3 metre springboard People also search for Jeanne Stunyo, Pat McCormick, Patricia McCormick | ||
Irene Margaret MacDonald, (November 22, 1931 – June 20, 2002) 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.