Margaret Austen
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| Nationality |  England | ||||||||||||||
| Born | First quarter 1947 Kenton, London | ||||||||||||||
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Margaret Christine Austen (born 1947), is a female former diver who competed for England.
Diving career
[edit]She represented England and won a silver medal in the 10 metres platform at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia. She also participated in the 3 metres springboard.[1][2]
As a 15-year-old she won the British High-board Diving Championship which led to her selection for the Commonwealth Games.
Personal life
[edit]During 1963 she and a fellow diver saved a boy from drowning after jumping into rough seas on the North Shore at Blackpool.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1962 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Boy saved by girl divers Two divers. Margaret Austen. aged 17. of Harrow. and Kathleen Row latt. of Lepton. London, 31 August". Birmingham Daily Post. 1963.
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- People from Kenton, London
- 20th-century English sportswomen
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