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Donna de Varona Pinto OLY [ 1] (née Donna Elizabeth de Varona; born April 26, 1947) is an American former swimmer, Olympic champion, activist, and television sportscaster. Biography. Swimming career. In 1960, de Varona qualified for the U.S. Olympic swimming team at age 13.
Apr 26, 1999 · Donna de Varona (born April 26, 1947, San Diego, California, U.S.) is an American athlete and sportscaster who, after a record-breaking amateur career as a swimmer, established herself as an advocate for women’s and girls’ sports opportunities.
Jul 13, 2016 · Donna de Varona is a two-time Olympic swimming champion and Emmy Award–winning broadcaster.
At age 13, Donna de Varona was the youngest member of the United States swimming team at the Olympic Games Rome 1960. The San Diego native broke 18 world records by the age of 17, and won two gold medals when she competed in the 400-meter individual medley and the 4x100 freestyle relay at the Tokyo 1964 Games.
May 21, 2018 · Donna de Varona. 1947-American swimmer. When she qualified for the U.S. swim team for the 1960 Summer Olympic Games in Rome, Donna de Varona was only 13 years old, the youngest member of the Games that year. Four years later she won two gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics.
Jul 20, 2022 · Donna de Varona, a Lafayette native, became an internationally known swimmer when she competed in the 1960 Rome Olympics at the age of 13 and followed that up at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, winning the 400-meter individual relay, setting an Olympic record and a second gold medal in the 4x100 meter freestyle relay that set a world record.
Donna de Varona. Actress: Fighting Back. Sister of Joanna Kerns. She won two gold medals in swimming in the 1964 summer Olympics, and was the youngest American on the 1960 Olympic team. In 1965, became the first woman on network TV as a sports broadcaster.
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