Linda Cuthbert

Canadian diver (born 1956) Linda CuthbertPersonal informationNationalityCanadianBorn(1956-05-20)May 20, 1956Height5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)Weight104 lb (47 kg)SportSportDivingCoached byDon WebbJim Lambie Medal record Women's diving Representing Canada Pan American Games 1975 Mexico City 10 m platform 1979 San Juan 10 m platform Commonwealth Games 1978 Edmonton 10 m highboard Linda Cuthbert (born May 20, 1956) is a Canadian former diver and present sports director of Commonwealth Sport Canada since 2006, having also served as a technical official for several commonwealth games. During her diving career, Cuthbert won a bronze medal in each of the 1975 and 1979 Pan American Games platform diving events, as well as a gold medal in the 1978 Commonwealth Games 10 metre highboard event. Cuthbert began diving at age 10 and started to take it seriously in 1967, when she had a series of different coaches until settling with Don Webb, who became her permanent coach. Her competitive career began in 14, when she moved away from her family to focus on training with her coach and first made the national team in 1971. She finished fourth at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games diving event, just missing o