David John Norris (21 June 1920 – 5 December 1972) was an Australian

springboard A springboard or diving board is used for diving and is a board that is itself a spring, i.e. a linear flex-spring, of the cantilever type. Springboards are commonly fixed by a hinge at one end (so they can be flipped up when not in use), and ...

diver who competed in the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and officially branded as London 1948, were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus cau ...

, where he finished 16th. He was 5-times Australia 3m springboard champion, and also competed at the

1938 Events January * January 1 – state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Saf ...

and

1950 British Empire Games The 1950 British Empire Games were the fourth staging of what is now called the Commonwealth Games. It was held in Auckland, New Zealand, between 4 and 11 February 1950, after a 12-year gap from the third edition of the games. A documentary fil ...

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1920 births 1972 deaths Olympic divers for Australia Divers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games divers for Australia Divers at the 1938 British Empire Games Divers at the 1950 British Empire Games Australian male divers Sportsmen from Tasmania 20th-century Australian sportsmen {{Australia-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub