Jenny Donnet
Appearance
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Full name | Jennifer Barbara Donnet | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 26 May 1963 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | 3m springboard | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jennifer Barbara "Jenny" Donnet (born 26 May 1963)[1] is a retired Australian competitive diver.
She was the first diver to represent Australia at four Olympic Games, between 1980 and 1992.[2] She was the Australian flag bearer at the Opening Ceremony of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[3]
Donnet won gold medals in the 3m springboard event at the 1982 and 1990 Commonwealth Games, and silver in the event at the 1986 Games. She is a member of the Australian Diving Hall of Fame.[2]
Her mother, Barbara McAulay was also a diver who won a Commonwealth Games gold medal,[2] and competed at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.
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- 1963 births
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- Divers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic divers of Australia
- Divers at the 1982 Commonwealth Games
- Divers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
- Divers at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- Recipients of the Australian Sports Medal
- Commonwealth Games medallists in diving
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