Beverly Boys
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Canada |
Born | Toronto, Ontario | July 4, 1951
Height | 5 ft 3 in (160 cm) |
Weight | 126 lb (57 kg) |
Sport | |
Country | Canada |
Event(s) | 10m platform, 3m springboard |
Medal record |
Beverly Boys (born July 4, 1951) is a retired diver from Canada, who represented her native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1968. She won a total number of three medals (two silver, one bronze) at the Pan American Games (1967 and 1971).
Boys was born in Toronto, Ontario. She won two medals (one silver, one bronze) at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, two gold medals at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games, a gold medal and a silver medal at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games, and a silver medal at the 1978 Commonwealth Games.
Boys was inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.[1] She was named a Member of the Order of Canada in 2015.[2]
Now retired, Boys resides in Vancouver, British Columbia and maintains a heavy involvement with BC Diving. She now coaches competivie divers at iDive at the Vancouver Aquatic Centre and White Rock Divers, and continues to organize and judge diving competitions throughout British Columbia such as the Irene MacDonald, BC Summer Games, and other provincial competitions.
References
- ^ "Beverly Boys". http://oshof.ca/. Retrieved 25 September 2014.
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- ^ "Four Nova Scotians among Order of Canada honourees". The Chronicle-Herald, July 1, 2015.
- 1951 births
- Living people
- Aquatic sportspeople from Ontario
- Canadian female divers
- Divers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic divers of Canada
- Sportspeople from Toronto
- Divers at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Divers at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Divers at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
- Divers at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada
- Canadian Olympic Hall of Fame inductees
- Members of the Order of Canada