Charmain Welsh
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 May 1937 Easington, Durham, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Diving | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Springboard | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Durham City | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Charmain Isobel Welsh (born 17 May 1937) is a British former diver who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics and 1956 Summer Olympics.[1]
Biography
[edit]Welsh trained in the Dawdon pit pond, near Seaham Harbour, which was an open air swimming pool. She attended Durham High School and at the age of 13 was the Durham and Northumberland swimming champion.[2] At the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, Welsh participated in the springboard event.[2]
She represented the English team at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games held in Vancouver, Canada[3][4] and won double gold in the 3 metres springboard and the 10 metres platform events at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff.[5][6]
Welsh also dived at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne but retired before the 1960 Olympics citing too much "politics" within the sport. She later coached in Durham and in 2013 received a British Swimming lifetime achievement award for Outstanding Contribution.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Charmain Welsh". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 14 October 2012.
- 1 2 3 "Biographical information". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
- ↑ "Ardrop pair for Turin". Daily Herald. 5 July 1954. Retrieved 14 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "1954 Athletes". Team England.
- ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
- ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
External links
[edit]- Charmain Welsh at World Aquatics
- Charmain Welsh at Olympics.com
- Charmain Welsh at Team GB
- Charmain Welsh at Olympedia
- Charmain Welsh at InterSportStats
- 1937 births
- Living people
- British female divers
- Olympic divers for Great Britain
- Divers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Divers at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in diving
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in diving
- Sportspeople from Durham, England