Diana Jeanette Rickard (born 5 October 1953), also known by her married name Diana van Hamburg, is an Australian former competition swimmer. She competed at the
1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico. These were the first Ol ...
in the 100-metre backstroke and 200-metre and 400-metre individual medley events, but failed to reach the finals.
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She married the Dutch Olympic swimmer ]Roger van Hamburg
Roger Hendrik van Hamburg (born 5 April 1954) is a former Freestyle swimming, freestyle and Medley swimming, medley swimmer from the Netherlands, who competed for his home country at the 1972 Summer Olympics. There he was eliminated in the heats ...
. Since about 2000 they run a swimming school near Sydney, Australia.[ Their daughter Sasha is married to ]Adam Pine
Adam Robert Pine (born 28 February 1976) is a former competitive swimmer and current sports administrator. He has represented his country in numerous international competitions, earning several medals and setting national and commonwealth reco ...
, also an Olympic swimmer.[
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References
See also
* List of Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (women)
This is a list of women's Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming (sport), swimming from 1930 to 2022.
Current program
50 metre freestyle
100 metre freestyle
200 metre freestyle
400 metre freestyle
800 metre freestyle
50 metre backs ...
1953 births
Living people
Australian female backstroke swimmers
Australian female medley swimmers
Olympic swimmers for Australia
Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Swimmers at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming
Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Swimmers from Sydney
Sportswomen from New South Wales
20th-century Australian sportswomen
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