Charmain Welsh

Charmain Welsh

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	(1937-05-17) 17 May 1937 Easington, Durham, England
Sport
Sport	Diving
Event	Springboard
Club	Durham City
Medal record Women's diving Representing Great Britain European Championships Silver medal – second place 1958 Budapest 3 m springboard Representing England British Empire & Commonwealth Games Gold medal – first place 1958 Cardiff 3 m springboard Gold medal – first place 1958 Cardiff 10 m platform

Charmain Isobel Welsh (born 17 May 1937) is a British former diver who competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics and 1956 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Welsh trained in the Dawdon pit pond, near Seaham Harbour, which was an open air swimming pool. She attended Durham High School and at the age of 13 was the Durham and Northumberland swimming champion. At the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, Welsh participated in the springboard event.

She represented the English team at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games held in Vancouver, Canada and won double gold in the 3 metres springboard and the 10 metres platform events at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff.

Welsh also dived at the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne but retired before the 1960 Olympics citing too much "politics" within the sport. She later coached in Durham and in 2013 received a British Swimming lifetime achievement award for Outstanding Contribution.