Una Rebecca Ewert (born 11 January 1955) is a former New Zealand diver. She represented her country at two Commonwealth games and she was the first New Zealand diver to attend an Olympics.

Life

Ewert was born in Auckland. At the age of 15 she was selected to dive from three metres at the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh in 1970. Four years later she was diving again from the one metre board at the next Commonwealth games in Chistchurch.Rebecca Ewert
olympic.org.nz, Retrieved 26 September 2017 Ewert was New Zealand's first Olympic diver when she participated at the

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representing New Zealand. She was again diving from three metres and she was placed 21st.

References

External links

Rebecca Ewert at the Olympic.org
1955 births Living people New Zealand female divers Olympic divers of New Zealand Divers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Divers at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games Divers at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand 20th-century New Zealand women 21st-century New Zealand women {{NewZealand-acrobatics-diving-bio-stub