Anna Dacyshyn Explained

Anna Dacyshyn
National Team:Canada
Birth Date: 1970
Birth Place:Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Hometown:Edmonton, Alberta
Occupation:Diver
Years Active:1984–1991
Country:Canada
Sport:Diving
Retired:1991
Worlds:1991
Commonwealth:1990
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Anna Dacyshyn is a Canadian former diver, who won the 10 metre platform event at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, and won six national championships. In 2010, she was inaugurated into the University of Toronto Sports Hall of Fame.

Career

Dacyshyn trained at the University of Alberta, the Kinsmen Sports Centre, and later at the University of Toronto. As a youngster, Dacyshyn won the Girls 15–17 platform, 1 metre and 3 metre diving events at the 1984 British Columbia Diving Championships.[1] In 1985, she won a silver medal in the tower event at the Pan American Invitational Diving Championships.[2] In 1986, at the age of 16, she won the tower event at the Canadian Amateur Diving Association national championships.[3] In the same year, she won her age group platform event at the Western Hemisphere Age-Group Diving Championships.[4] In 1989, she came second in the 10 metre tower event at the national championships.[5]

At the 1990 Commonwealth Games, Dacyshyn won the 10 metre platform event.[6] She had been a favourite to win the event,[7] and was one of two Canadians to win a gold medal in diving at the Games.[6] At the 1991 World Aquatics Championships, she came 11th in the 10 metre platform event.[8] That year, she also came fourth in the 10 metre platform event at the FINA Diving World Cup.[9]

In total, Dacyshyn won six Canadian national championships.[10]

Post-career

After retiring from diving, Dacyshyn studied how retirement affects female sportspeople.[11] In 1996, she was a founder of the Central Toronto Diving Club.[10] In 2010, she was inaugurated into the University of Toronto Sports Hall of Fame.[10]

Personal life

Dacyshyn is from Edmonton, Canada.[7] She has a bachelor's degree in physical education and a master's degree in exercise physiology, both from the University of Toronto.[12] Her husband Jeff Hirst is also a former diver, who was inducted into the University of Toronto Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.[10]

Notes and References

  1. News: B.C. Diving Championships at Vancouver Athletic Club. The Province. Newspapers.com. 10 December 1984. 25. 29 September 2021 . 29 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210929163604/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86189112/1984-bc-diving-championships/. live.
  2. News: Young city diver only has to believe. Edmonton Journal. Newspapers.com. 25 February 1985. 30. 29 September 2021 . 29 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210929165323/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86189759/anna-1985/. live.
  3. News: Gold medal glowing in Anna's dives. Edmonton Journal. Newspapers.com. 2 April 1986. 59. 29 September 2021 . 29 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210929163534/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86189549/anna-1986/. live.
  4. News: U.S. collect 13 golds, romps to age-group title. Fort Lauderdale News. Newspapers.com. 25 August 1986. 23. 29 September 2021 . 29 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210929163039/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/49976735/fort-lauderdale-news/. live.
  5. News: Triumphant finish for diver. Edmonton Journal. Newspapers.com. 19 February 1989. 47. 29 September 2021 . 29 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210929170739/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86190221/anna-1989/. live.
  6. Book: The Canadian Encyclopedia. Marsh. James H.. McClelland & Stewart. 1999. 675. 9780771020995 . 30 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210930160505/https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_Canadian_Encyclopedia/wR_-aSFyvuYC. live.
  7. News: Diving gold for Edmonton's Dacyshyn. Edmonton Journal. Newspapers.com. 28 January 1990. 5. 29 September 2021 . 29 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210929162005/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86189273/dacyshyn-commonwealth-gold/. live.
  8. News: Fu bounced back at ripe old age of eight. The StarPhoenix. Newspapers.com. 5 January 1991. 29 September 2021 . 29 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210929163036/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86190502/1991-diving-championships/. live.
  9. Web site: FINA Diving World Cup 1991. FINA. 30 September 2021. 30 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210930160508/https://www.fina.org/competitions/1056/fina-diving-world-cup-1991/results?event=935a70ee-6268-4676-895e-c8128375d443. live.
  10. Web site: Anna Dacyshyn. University of Toronto. 29 September 2021. 16 July 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210716033500/https://varsityblues.ca/honors/hall-of-fame/anna-dacyshyn/215. live.
  11. The retirement experiences of elite, female gymnasts. Kerr. Gretchen. Dacyshyn. Anna. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. 27 October 1998. 12. 2. 115–133. 10.1080/10413200008404218. 145236641. 29 September 2021. 28 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210928151315/https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10413200008404218. live.
  12. Web site: Coaches. Toronto Diving Academy. 29 September 2021. 29 September 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210929165355/https://torontodivingacademy.com/coaches. live.

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