Ann Long

Phyllis Ann Long (born 6 July 1936) is a female former diver who competed at three Olympic Games.

Biography Long's first experience of an Olympics was as a 12 year old who travelled with a friend to Wembley and sneaked in to watch the diving final of the 1948 Summer Olympics.

She represented England and won a gold medal and bronze medal in the 3 metres springboard and 10 metres platform respectively at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada. Four years later she won a silver medal in the 10 metres platform event for the England team at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff.

After her diving days were finished Long married Ron Pearce and they had seven children, she became a primary school teacher and also introduced children to diving in her local pool, and when in her seventies she still owned a pub which is run by one of her daughters.