Jenny Donnet
Jennifer Barbara "Jenny" Donnet (born 26 May 1963)[1] is a retired Australian competitive diver.
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| Full name | Jennifer Barbara Donnet | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 May 1963 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | |||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 3m springboard | |||||||||||||||||||
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She was the first woman in any sport to represent Australia at four Olympic Games, competing in 1980 (Moscow), 1984 (Los Angeles), 1988 (Seoul) and 1992 (Barcelona).[2] She was the Olympic Team Captain and Australian flag bearer at the Opening Ceremony of the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.[3]
Donnet won gold medals in the 3m springboard event at the 1982 and 1990 Commonwealth Games, and silver in the event at the 1986 Games. She is a member of the Australian Diving Hall of Fame.[2]
Her father, Tom Donnet, was an Olympic Diving Coach and her mother, Barbara McAulay, was also a diver who won gold and silver medals in the 1954 Empire and Commonwealth Games (Vancouver),[2] and competed at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics.
