 Heatly at the 1950 British Empire Games | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 9 June 1924[1] Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 September 2015 (aged 91) Edinburgh, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | University of Edinburgh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouses | Jean Hermiston
(m. 1948; died 1979)Mae Calder Cochrane
(m. 1984; died 2003) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Diving | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sir Peter Heatly, CBE DL (9 June 1924 – 17 September 2015) was a Scottish diver and Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Federation.[2] He competed in the 3 m springboard and 10 m platform at the 1948 and 1952 Olympics, at the 1950, 1954 and 1958 British Empire Games, and at the 1954 European Championships. He won five British Empire Games medals and one European medal, while his best Olympic result was fifth place in 1948. Heatly was knighted in 1990, before being inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2002, the Scottish Swimming Hall of Fame in 2010 and the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 2016.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Peter Heatly Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2018.
- ^ "Obituary: Sir Peter Heatly, 91". Archived from the original on 22 June 2018. Retrieved 22 June 2018.