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Donna de Varona Pinto OLY (née Donna Elizabeth de Varona; born April 26, 1947) is an American former swimmer, Olympic champion, activist, and television sportscaster.
Apr 26, 1999 · Donna de Varona (born April 26, 1947, San Diego, California, U.S.) is an American athlete and sportscaster who, after a record-breaking amateur career as a swimmer, established herself as an advocate for women’s and girls’ sports opportunities.
Jun 14, 2024 · At age 13, Donna de Varona was the youngest member of the United States swimming team at the Olympic Games Rome 1960. The San Diego native broke 18 world records by the age of 17, and won two gold medals when she competed in the 400-meter individual medley and the 4x100 freestyle relay at the Tokyo 1964 Games.
Donna de Varona, a two-time Olympian and double gold medallist in swimming, is a long-standing member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Women and Sport Commission. She is a recipient of the IOC Olympic Order in silver, awarded for her ground-breaking work on behalf of athletes, World Cup football and the Olympic Movement.
At only 13-years-old, Donna de Varona was the youngest member of the 1960 Olympic swim team, but she competed only in the relay heats. By the 1964 Olympics, however, she had become the best known woman swimmer in the world – she had set 18 world records in the interim and won innumerable was voted by both AP and UPI as the top female athlete ...
Jul 13, 2016 · Donna de Varona is a two-time Olympic swimming champion and Emmy Award–winning broadcaster.
May 21, 2018 · American swimmer. W hen she qualified for the U.S. swim team for the 1960 Summer Olympic Games in Rome, Donna de Varona was only 13 years old, the youngest member of the Games that year. Four years later she won two gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics.
Oct 31, 2023 · Donna de Varona recalls early memories of being in the water with her father and the influence it had on her love for swimming. She shares her competitive sp...
Donna de Varona. Two-time Olympian. Two-time Olympic gold medalist. International Women’s Sports Hall of Fame member. International Swimming Hall of Fame member. One of Sports Illustrated’s Top 100 Greatest Female Athletes of the 20th Century. First President of the Women’s Sports Foundation. Share This. Print.
Olympic gold medallist Donna De Varona has said Olympians can use their enhanced public platform to change the world for the better. By promoting gender equality in sport, she believes they can help to inspire women around the world and participate in lasting and meaningful social change.
