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Joy Newman

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Joy Newman
Personal information
Full nameJoy Ernestine Newman
Nationality England
Born (1945-11-17) 17 November 1945 (age 79)
Edmonton, London
Medal record
Women's diving
Representing  Great Britain
Universiade
Gold medal – first place 1965 Budapest Platform
Representing  England
British Empire & Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1966 Kingston 10m platform

Joy Ernestine Newman (born 17 November 1945) is a British former diver.

Diving career

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She competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics.[1]

She represented England in the 10 metres platform at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.[2] Four years later she returned to compete in the same event and this time won the gold medal at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Joy Newman". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
  2. ^ "1962 Athletes". Team England.
  3. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
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