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Feb 28, 2024 · Hall Of Fame Bio. 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 · By Donna de Varona Jul 13, 2016, 8:00am EDT. After finishing my last race at the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo, I went back to the arena and climbed the highest tower overlooking the pool. I sat...
Oct 10, 2017 · Oct 10, 2017 6:00am PT. Olympic Champion Donna de Varona Looks Back on Pioneering Career in Broadcasting. By Donna de Varona. LENNOX MCLENDON/AP/REX/Shutterst. Donna de Varona ’s...
Oct 10, 2017 · Oct 10, 2017 10:04am PT. Sportscasting Pioneer Donna de Varona Reflects on Women in the Biz. By Donna de Varona. LENNOX MCLENDON/AP/REX/Shutterst. Donna de Varona ’s first Olympic...
Biography. At only 13-years-old, Donna de Varona was the youngest member of the 1960 Olympic swim team, but she competed only in the relay heats. By the 1964 Olympics, however, she had become the best known woman swimmer in the world – she had set 18 world records in the interim and won innumerable was voted by both AP and UPI as the top ...
Donna de Varona. Biographical information. Biography. At only 13-years-old, Donna de Varona was the youngest member of the 1960 Olympic swim team, but she competed only in the relay heats.
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.
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