Carol Ann Morrow

Carol Ann Morrow
Personal information
NationalityCanadian
Born (1946-04-06) 6 April 1946 (age 78)
New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Sport
SportDiving

Carol Ann Morrow (born 6 April 1946) is a Canadian diver. She competed in two events at the 1964 Summer Olympics.[1]

Career

Originally a swimmer, Morrow was considered to be "only a bit better than mediocre"[2] and soon after turned to diving under the coaching of Irene MacDonald and by 1961 had won diving titles in British Columbia and Pacific North West for her age group.[3]

During the trials for the 1963 Pan American Games, Morrow finished runner-up behind Judy Stewart in the female group.[4] She achieved a clean sweep of titles in the 1963 British Columbia Championships women's open, with victory scores of 116.27, 110.16 and 58.76 in the 1-metre, 3-metre and tower events respectively.[5] She would train for at least two hours a day, four days a week with her aim to become a Canadian diving champion.[2]

Following the Olympics, she won the Alberta Open 1-metre and 3-metre springboard diving championships in September 1964.[6] In the 1965 Canadian Open springboard diving championships, she won the 1-metre event and was runner-up in the 3-metre event. Her closest opponent was Judy Stewart, who finished in the alternate positions for the respective events.[7]

Personal

Morrow is the daughter of a former Olympic swimmer and attended Lester Pearson High School.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Carol Ann Morrow". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Work Today - Fame To Morrow". The Vancouver Sun. 17 January 1963. p. 21.
  3. ^ "Capital Event Will Lure Top Women Swimmers". The Sacramento Bee. 8 April 1962. p. 62.
  4. ^ "Diving Champs". Calgary Herald. 21 January 1963. p. 14.
  5. ^ "Marrow easily takes women's open titles". The Vancouver Sun. 3 September 1963. p. 15.
  6. ^ "Alberta Diving Title to Carol Ann Morrow". 1 September 1964. p. 15.
  7. ^ "B.C. Diving Starlet Shines in Nationals". The Vancouver Sun. 4 January 1965. p. 14.