title: Margaret Austen
text: # Margaret Austen
  
  Margaret Christine Austen (born 1947), is a female former diver who competed for England.
  
  ## Diving career
  
  She represented England and won a silver medal in the 10 metres platform at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia. She also participated in the 3 metres springboard.
  
  As a 15-year-old she won the British High-board Diving Championship which led to her selection for the Commonwealth Games.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  During 1963 she and a fellow diver saved a boy from drowning after jumping into rough seas on the North Shore at Blackpool.
  
  