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Janet Nutter

Janet Ruth Nutter is a retired diver from Canada, who was supposed to represent her native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics, but failed to do so after the boycott. A resident of Thornhill, Ontario she twice won a medal at the Pan American Games, and two medals at the 1978 Commonwealth Games.

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Janet Nutter
Personal information
Born (1953-04-02) April 2, 1953
Montreal, Quebec
Medal record
Women's diving
Representing  Canada
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1975 Mexico City Platform
Bronze medal – third place 1979 San Juan Springboard
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1978 Edmonton Springboard
Bronze medal – third place 1978 Edmonton Platform
Universiade
Bronze medal – third place 1977 Sofia Springboard

Janet Ruth Nutter (born April 2, 1953) is a retired diver from Canada, who was supposed to represent her native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics, but failed to do so after the boycott. A resident of Thornhill, Ontario she twice won a medal at the Pan American Games (1975 and 1979), and two medals (gold and bronze) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games.

She was one of four Canadian athletes chosen by director Paul Cowan to appear in the National Film Board of Canada documentary Going the Distance, about the 1978 Games in Edmonton.1

Nutter was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 1986.

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References

  1. "Going the Distance". Canadian Film Encyclopedia. Toronto International Film Festival. Retrieved 7 October 2013.{{cite encyclopedia}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
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