Margaret Austen

Margaret Austen

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	First quarter 1947 Kenton, London, England
Sport
Sport	Diving
Event	Platform / Springboard
Club	Isleworth Penguin
Medal record Diving Representing   England British Empire & Commonwealth Games 1962 Perth 10m platform

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

1. "England Perth 1962". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
2. "The England Team" . Birmingham Daily Post. 17 September 1962. p. 25. Retrieved 22 January 2026– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 22 January 2026.
4. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 31 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
5. "1962 Athletes". Team England. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019. Retrieved 31 July 2019.
6. "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.