Beverly Boys

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
1967 Winnipeg Platform
1971 Cali Platform
1971 Cali Springboard
Commonwealth Games
1966 Kingston Springboard
1966 Kingston Highboard
1970 Edinburgh Highboard
1970 Edinburgh Springboard
1974 Christchurch Highboard
1974 Christchurch Springboard
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 two silver medals and one bronze at the Pan American Games in 1967 and 1971.

Boys was born in Toronto, Ontario. She won one silver and one bronze medal at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, two gold medals at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games, a gold 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] and became a Member of the Order of Canada in 2015.[2]

Now retired, Boys resides in Vancouver, British Columbia and continues to be involved with BC Diving. She 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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