Maire Hider Explained

Maire Hider
Full Name:Maire Alice Hider
Nationality:British
Birth Date:11 June 1919
Birth Place:Croydon, England
Death Place:Bournemouth, England
Sport:Diving

Maire Alice Hider (11 June 1919  - 29 June 2006) was a British diver. She competed in the Women's 10 metre platform event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1]

Hider started swimming and diving when she was aged 10 and noted that her family had an association with the sport dating back to 1911.

In 1938, Hider held the title for the Surrey High and Springboard Championships and between 1936 and 1938, had five different coaches. She was the only diver in England whose highboard diving had been captured by television broadcasts at that time. In the 1938 European Aquatics Championships, she finished 4th on the 10m highboard.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Maire Hider . Olympedia.org . OlyMADMen . 15 May 2020 . Full name: Maire Alice Hider (-Fransen, -Liddell).
  2. News: Champ Diver Holds Other Splash Marks . The Telegraph . 17 . 5 November 1938.