Beverly Boys

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Beverly Boys
Personal information
NationalityFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Born (1951-07-04) July 4, 1951 (age 73)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height5 ft 3 in (160 cm)
Weight126 lb (57 kg)
Sport
Country Canada
Event(s)10m platform,
3m 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.

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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.