Beverly Boys
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  Canada |
| Born | July 4, 1951 Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| 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 competitive 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
[edit]- ^ "Beverly Boys". oshof.ca. Ontario Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on December 28, 2014. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
- ^ "Four Nova Scotians among Order of Canada honourees". The Chronicle-Herald, July 1, 2015.
- "Beverly Boys". Canadian Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Beverly Boys". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on January 6, 2009.
External links
[edit]- Beverly Boys at Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
- Beverly Boys at Team Canada
- Beverly Boys at Olympics.com
- Beverly Boys at Olympic.org (archived)
- Beverly Boys at Olympedia
- Beverly Boys at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- 1951 births
- Living people
- Canadian female divers
- Divers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic divers for Canada
- Divers 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
- Members of the Order of Canada
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada
- Members of the Order of British Columbia
- Commonwealth Games medallists in diving
- Pan American Games medalists in diving
- Divers at the 1967 Pan American Games
- Divers at the 1971 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games
- 20th-century Canadian sportswomen
- Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games