George Athans Sr. (4 January 1921 – 27 February 2007) was a

Canadian Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...

diver. He was born in

Kelowna Kelowna ( ) is a city on Okanagan Lake in the Okanagan Valley in the southern interior of British Columbia, Canada. It serves as the head office of the Regional District of Central Okanagan. The name Kelowna derives from the Okanagan word ''ki� ...

British Columbia British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada, situated between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains. It has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that include rocky coastlines, sandy beaches, ...

, and was the father of

Gary Athans Gary Athans (born 12 June 1961 in Kelowna, British Columbia) is a Canadian former alpine skier who competed in the 1984 Winter Olympics The 1984 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XIV Olympic Winter Games (Serbo-Croatian and Slovene: ...

. He competed at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

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, where he placed 25th in 10 metre platform. He competed at the

1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca ...

, where he placed 8th in men's platform and 9th in springboard.

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George Athans at Canadian Olympic Team
1921 births 2007 deaths Sportspeople from Kelowna Olympic divers for Canada Divers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Canadian male divers Divers at the 1938 British Empire Games Divers at the 1950 British Empire Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games medallists in diving Medallists at the 1950 British Empire Games {{Canada-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub