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20 de jul. de 2022 · Donna de Varona, a Lafayette native, became an internationally known swimmer when she competed in the 1960 Rome Olympics at the age of 13 and followed that up at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, winning the 400-meter individual relay, setting an Olympic record and a second gold medal in the 4x100 meter freestyle relay that set a world record.
Donna de Varona. Actress: Fighting Back. Sister of Joanna Kerns. She won two gold medals in swimming in the 1964 summer Olympics, and was the youngest American on the 1960 Olympic team. In 1965, became the first woman on network TV as a sports broadcaster. She was in the chair for the 1999 Women's World Cup in America.
Donna de Varona was always an advocate for women’s rights, especially in sports. In 1998, when ABC failed to renew her contract, she filed a $50 million lawsuit, claiming that male veteran sportscasters were prioritized. In addition, de Varona fought to pass Title IX in 1972, a law that prohibits gender discrimination in sports.
21 de jun. de 2012 · Donna de Varona has been a champion of women’s sports since her days as a double Olympic Gold Medalist in swimming and as the first president of the Women’s Sports Foundation. Just 10 years after winning the Olympic medals in 1974, de Varona joined the legendary Billy Jean King in building and shaping the Women’s Sports Foundation.
13 de jul. de 2016 · by Donna de Varona. Jul 13, 2016, 12:00 PM UTC. 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 ...
10 de oct. de 2017 · Donna de Varona’s first Olympic Games came in 1960 when she was only 13. Four years later, the swimmer won two gold medals. At that time, college scholarships for women athletes didn’t exist ...
Miss deVarona won 37 individual national championship medals, including 18 golds and three national high point awards. She held world records in 8 long course events and American records in 10 short course events, which would have been world records if FINA still recognized 25 yard pool times as they did until 1957. Most of Donna’s world and ...
