Facts: - sport: diving - death date: 20 june 2002 - birth date: 22 november 1931 - name: irene margaret macdonald - birth place: hamilton , ontario Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of irene macdonald .
irene margaret macdonald , -lrb- november 22 , 1931 -- june 20 , 2002 -rrb- was a canadian athlete , sports executive and broadcaster from hamilton , ontario .she won canada 's first-ever olympic diving medal , a bronze , at the 1956 summer games .she won a bronze medal in 3 metres springboard diving at the 1954 british empire and commonwealth games and a silver medal at the 1958 british empire and commonwealth games .she also competed at the 1960 summer olympics .she was a broadcaster for cbc television covering diving events from the 1976 summer olympics through to the 1988 summer olympics .in 1991 , she was made a member of the order of british columbia .she is a member of the bc sports hall of fame , the canadian sports hall of fame , and the canadian olympic hall of fame .