Beverly Boys
Personal information
Nationality Canada
Born (1951-07-04) July 4, 1951
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height5 ft 3 in (160 cm)
Weight126 lb (57 kg)
Sport
CountryCanada
Event(s)10m platform,
3m springboard
Medal record
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1967 Winnipeg Platform
Silver medal – second place 1971 Cali Platform
Bronze medal – third place 1971 Cali Springboard
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1966 Kingston Springboard
Bronze medal – third place 1966 Kingston Highboard
Gold medal – first place 1970 Edinburgh Highboard
Gold medal – first place 1970 Edinburgh Springboard
Gold medal – first place 1974 Christchurch Highboard
Silver medal – second place 1974 Christchurch Springboard
Silver medal – second place 1978 Edmonton Springboard

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

  1. ↑ "Beverly Boys". oshof.ca. Ontario Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on December 28, 2014. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Four Nova Scotians among Order of Canada honourees". The Chronicle-Herald, July 1, 2015.
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