Winners: Beverley Boys, Diving
Beverley Boys diving at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City.
Date: 1968
Collection: Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
1969 - Feature Story
Bev Boys may not have had the classic sleek diver’s body, but her tenacity and pugnacity made up for that. In a long career in which she went to three Olympic Games, she won 34 national diving titles. As an 18-year-old in 1969, the native of Toronto, Ontario, won international competitions in Winnipeg (her home training base) and Leningrad, and also brought home Gold from the United States National Diving Championship as well titles in the 1m, 3m and 10m at the Canadian Championships.
1970 - Feature Story
Bev Boys was used to competing at all three diving heights, namely 1m, 3m and 10m. She had won all three titles at the 1969 Canadian Championships and defended them successfully in 1970, one reason today the Bev Boys Award can be won only by divers who compete in all three classes. For the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, only two events were contested, at 3m and 10m, which meant Boys could win only two Gold medals. In both competitions, she led a 1-2 Canadian finish.
Career Highlights
- 1979 Inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame
- 1974 Gold medal in 10m, Silver medal in 3m at the British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand
- 1971 Silver medal in 10m, Bronze medal in 3m at the Pan American Games in Cali, Columbia
- 1970 Gold medal in 10m, Gold medal in 3m at the British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland
- 1969, 1970 Bobbie Rosenfeld Award (Canada’s female athlete of the year)
Ladies Open Diving Trophy won by in Beverley Boys in 1966, 1967 and 1968.
Date: 1966-1968
Collection: Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
Swimsuit worn by Beverley Boys during a Commonwealth Games competition.
Date: 1970’s
Collection: Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame
Medal won by Beverley Boys in the women's 10 metre high board diving event at the British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Date: 1970
Collection: Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
Plaque presented to Beverley Boys at the Canadian National Diving Championships in Pointe Claire, Quebec for the first Women's Tower Event.
Date: 1970
Collection: Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
Medal presented to Beverley Boys from the Canadian Amateur Diving Association Inc. in Brantford, Ontario.
Date: 1974
Collection: Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
Identification Card used by Beverley Boys at the British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Date: 1974
Collection: Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
Medal won by Beverley Boys in the women's springboard diving event at the British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Date: 1974
Collection: Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
Pin from the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal.
Date: 1976
Collection: Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
Silver medal won by Beverley Boys in women's 3 metre springboard at the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta.
Date: 1978
Collection: Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
Swimsuit worn by Beverley Boys in practice and competition.
Date: 1970’s
Collection: Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
