Dianne Norman (born 5 February 1971) is a Canadian former basketball player who competed at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

and the

2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 ...

. Born in 1971 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Norman played many sports growing up including

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, rugby, field hockey and volleyball. Her first year on the Canadian national team was when she was 16. Norman went on to study political science and

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. As well as the two Olympic Games, she was in three

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(1991, 1999 and 2003). She played professionally in

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

, Spain and Germany. She retired in 2004, after 16 years. She is now the director of change management at Toronto Metropolitan University and is a doctoral student at Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto.

Awards and honors

*Top 100 U Sports women's basketball Players of the Century (1920-2020). *Named " All Canadian" four times *Inducted into the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame *Inducted into the Laurentian Hall of Fame *Inducted into the New Brunswick Hall of Fame

References

1971 births Living people Basketball people from Ontario Basketball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Canadian women's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Canada Sportspeople from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario Canada women's national basketball team players {{Canada-basketball-bio-stub