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Donna de Varona Pinto OLY (née Donna Elizabeth de Varona; born April 26, 1947) is an American former swimmer, Olympic champion, activist, and television sportscaster.
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.
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.
Mar 6, 2024 · 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.
Jul 13, 2016 · Donna de Varona is a two-time Olympic swimming champion and Emmy Award–winning broadcaster.
At the age of thirteen, Donna de Varona became the youngest competitor at the 1960 Olympic Games. Within the next four years, she broke an unprecedented 18 world swimming records and won two Olympic Gold Medals.
Donna de Varona, a two-time Olympian and double gold medallist in swimming, is a long-standing member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Women and Sport Commission. She is a recipient of the IOC Olympic Order in silver, awarded for her ground-breaking work on behalf of athletes, World Cup football and the Olympic Movement.
