Janet Ruth Nutter (born April 2, 1953) is a retired diver from

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, who was supposed to represent her native country at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

, but failed to do so after the boycott. A resident of

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she twice won a medal at the

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(1975 and 1979), and two medals (gold and bronze) at the

1978 Commonwealth Games The 1978 Commonwealth Games were held in Edmonton, Alberta from 3 to 12 August 1978, two years after the 1976 Summer Olympics were held in Montreal, Quebec. They were boycotted by Nigeria, in protest at New Zealand's sporting contacts with apar ...

. She was one of four Canadian athletes chosen by director Paul Cowan to appear in the

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documentary '' Going the Distance'', about the 1978 Games in Edmonton. Nutter was inducted into the

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in 1986.

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Janet Nutter’s biography
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Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum

Canadian Olympic Committee
1953 births Living people Canadian female divers Divers from Montreal Divers at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Pan American Games gold medalists for Canada Pan American Games bronze medalists for Canada Commonwealth Games medallists in diving Pan American Games medalists in diving Universiade medalists in diving Divers at the 1975 Pan American Games Divers at the 1979 Pan American Games Universiade bronze medalists for Canada Medalists at the 1977 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1975 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1979 Pan American Games 20th-century Canadian women Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games {{canada-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub