Anna Dacyshyn

Anna Dacyshyn is a Canadian former diver, who won the 10 metre platform event at the 1990 Commonwealth Games, and won six national championships. In 2010, she was inaugurated into the University of Toronto Sports Hall of Fame.

Career Dacyshyn trained at the University of Alberta, In 1985, she won a silver medal in the tower event at the Pan American Invitational Diving Championships. In 1986, at the age of 16, she won the tower event at the Canadian Amateur Diving Association national championships. In the same year, she won her age group platform event at the Western Hemisphere Age-Group Diving Championships. In 1989, she came second in the 10 metre tower event at the national championships.

At the 1990 Commonwealth Games, Dacyshyn won the 10 metre platform event. She had been a favourite to win the event, and was one of two Canadians to win a gold medal in diving at the Games. That year, she also came fourth in the 10 metre platform event at the FINA Diving World Cup.

In total, Dacyshyn won six Canadian national championships.

Post-career After retiring from diving, Dacyshyn studied how retirement affects female sportspeople. In 1996, she was a founder of the Central Toronto Diving Club. Her husband Jeff Hirst is also a former diver, who was inducted into the University of Toronto Sports Hall of Fame in 2002.