Juno Stover-Irwin (November 22, 1928 – July 2, 2011)Juno Stover-Irwin's obituary
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in 1948, 1952, 1956 and 1960 Juno Stover Irwin at Sports Reference
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; she attended Hoover High School and Glendale Community College.http://www.glendale.edu/halloffame/2005/stover.html Juno was three and a half months pregnant when she took the Bronze medal at the Helsinki Olympic Games. She travelled to competitions with her ukulele which she played for relaxation and enjoyment.

Biography

As Juno Stover, she placed fifth at the 1948 Olympics in London. Four years later in Helsinki, as Juno Stover-Irwin, she captured a bronze medal. At the 1956 Olympics, in Melbourne, Australia, Stover-Irwin was the 10-meter platform silver medalist. Irwin would later become the first diver to compete in four Olympics, when she placed fourth at the 1960 Games in Rome. Stover-Irwin was also a two-time USA National AAU champion and two-time

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silver medalist. Upon retiring from active competition, Stover-Irwin coached the women’s diving team at

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(Berkeley Campus). She was honored with induction to the

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in 1980. She was the mother of four children born between 1952 and 1965.

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