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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. Biography [ edit ] Swimming career [ edit ]
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. De Varona became a household word among Olympic Games enthusiasts in 1960 when, at age 13, she ...
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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.
Jul 13, 2016 · by Donna de Varona. Jul 13, 2016, 12:00 PM UTC. After finishing my last race at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, I went back to the arena and climbed the highest tower overlooking the pool. I sat there ...
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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.
May 21, 2018 · Donna de Varona: 1947 —: Olympic swimmer, sportscaster, activist. Olympic swimmer Donna de Varona has had a rich and varied career. She won two gold medals in the 1964 Olympics, and was one of the first women hired as a sports reporter for a major television network.
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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 ...
