Irene MacDonald

Irene MacDonald

Irene Margaret MacDonald (November 22 1931 – June 20 2002) was a Canadian athlete, sports executive and broadcaster from Hamilton, Ontario.cite web| title = Famous Canadian Women Athletes| url=http://famouscanadianwomen.com/on%20the%20job/sports.htm| accessdate = 2007-01-23] She won Canada's first-ever Olympic medal, a bronze, in diving at the 1956 Summer Olympics.

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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