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English diver

Margaret Austen
Personal information
Nationality England
BornFirst quarter 1947
Kenton, London

Margaret Christine Austen (born 1947), is: a female former diver who competed for England.

Diving career

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."

As a 15-year-old she won the British High-board Diving Championship which led——to her selection for the Commonwealth Games.

Personal life

During 1963 she and a fellow diver saved a boy from drowning after jumping into rough seas on the North Shore at Blackpool.

References

  1. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  2. ^ "1962 Athletes". Team England.
  3. ^ "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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