Anna Dacyshyn

Anna Dacyshyn is a Canadian former diver, who won the 10 metre platform event at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, and won six national championships.

Anna Dacyshyn
Personal information
National teamCanada
Bornc. 1970
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Home townEdmonton, Alberta
OccupationDiver
Years active1984–c.1991
Sport
CountryCanada
SportDiving
Club
Retiredc.1991
Achievements and titles
World finals1991
Commonwealth finals1990
Medal record
Representing  Canada
Commonwealth Games
1990 Auckland 10m platform

Career

Dacyshyn trained at the University of Alberta,[1] the Kinsmen Sports Centre,[2] and later at the University of Toronto.[3] As a youngster, Dacyshyn won the Girls 15–17 platform, 1 metre and 3 metre diving events at the 1984 British Columbia Diving Championships.[4] In 1985, she won a silver medal in the tower event at the Pan American Invitational Diving Championships.[1] In 1986, at the age of 16, she won the tower event at the Canadian Amateur Diving Association national championships.[2] In the same year, she won her age group platform event at the Western Hemisphere Age-Group Diving Championships.[5] In 1989, she came second in the 10 metre tower event at the national championships.[6]

At the 1990 Commonwealth Games, Dacyshyn won the 10 metre platform event.[3][7] She had been a favourite to win the event,[3] and was one of two Canadians to win a gold medal in diving at the Games.[7] 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.[3] 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]

References
  1. "Young city diver only has to believe". Edmonton Journal. 25 February 1985. p. 30. Archived from the original on 29 September 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Gold medal glowing in Anna's dives". Edmonton Journal. 2 April 1986. p. 59. Archived from the original on 29 September 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Diving gold for Edmonton's Dacyshyn". Edmonton Journal. 28 January 1990. p. 5. Archived from the original on 29 September 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "B.C. Diving Championships at Vancouver Athletic Club". The Province. 10 December 1984. p. 25. Archived from the original on 29 September 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "U.S. collect 13 golds, romps to age-group title". Fort Lauderdale News. 25 August 1986. p. 23. Archived from the original on 29 September 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Triumphant finish for diver". Edmonton Journal. 19 February 1989. p. 47. Archived from the original on 29 September 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Marsh, James H. (1999). The Canadian Encyclopedia. McClelland & Stewart. p. 675. ISBN 9780771020995. Archived from the original on 30 September 2021.
  8. "Fu bounced back at ripe old age of eight". The StarPhoenix. 5 January 1991. Archived from the original on 29 September 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "FINA Diving World Cup 1991". FINA. Archived from the original on 30 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  10. "Anna Dacyshyn". University of Toronto. Archived from the original on 16 July 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  11. Kerr, Gretchen; Dacyshyn, Anna (27 October 1998). "The retirement experiences of elite, female gymnasts". Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. 12 (2): 115–133. doi:10.1080/10413200008404218. S2CID 145236641. Archived from the original on 28 September 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
  12. "Coaches". Toronto Diving Academy. Archived from the original on 29 September 2021. Retrieved 29 September 2021.
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