Margaret Austen
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | First quarter 1947 Kenton, London, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Diving | ||||||||||||||
Event | Platform / Springboard | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Isleworth Penguin | ||||||||||||||
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Margaret Christine Austen (born 1947), is a female former diver who competed for England.
Biography
As a 15-year-old, Austen won the British High-board Diving Championship which led to her selection for the Commonwealth Games.
Austen represented the England team[1] at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia.[2] She competed in the platform diving event, winning a silver medal.[3] She also participated in the 3 metres springboard.[4][5]
During 1963 she and a fellow diver saved a boy from drowning after jumping into rough seas on the North Shore at Blackpool.[6]
References
- ^ "England Perth 1962". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
- ^ "The England Team". Birmingham Daily Post. 17 September 1962. p. 25. Retrieved 22 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ^ "1962 Athletes". Team England. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
- ^ "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.