![]() Rix in 1938 | |
Personal information | |
---|---|
Birth name | Alma Gwen Rix |
Born | Dunedin, New Zealand | 1 April 1918
Died | 30 April 2000 | (aged 82)
Spouse |
Arthur William Squire
(
m. 1945; died 1988) |
Sport | |
Country | New Zealand |
Sport | Diving |
Achievements and titles | |
National finals | Diving champion (1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941) |
Alma Gwen Squire (née Rix, 1 April 1918 − 30 April 2000) was a New Zealand diver, who represented her country at the 1938 British Empire Games.
Born Alma Gwen Rix, Squire was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, on 1 April 1918, [1] the daughter of Edwin Montague Rix and Ella Mable Rix (née Miller). Her father, a tramway motorman, died in 1925. [2] She was educated at King Edward Technical College, where she was an accomplished netball player. [3] On 26 December 1945, she married Arthur William Squire in Christchurch. [4]
Beginning her aquatic career as a swimmer, Rix competed at the 1931 junior amateur swimming championships in the 50 yards and 100 yards freestyle events. [5] The following year, she was second in the breaststroke at the national junior championships. [6]
Rix began diving in 1934 and benefitted from coaching by Australian Harry Tickle when he toured New Zealand that same year. [6] [7] At the 1935 national championships, Rix was second in the women's diving. [8] [9] She went on to win the New Zealand national diving championship every year from 1936 to 1941, apart from 1937, when the event was not held. [10]
Considered unlucky by some not to have been selected for the 1936 Olympics, [11] Rix competed for New Zealand at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, where she finished sixth in the women's 3 m springboard. [12]
Squire died on 30 April 2000, and her ashes were buried at the Woodlawn Memorial Gardens in Christchurch. [13] Her husband had predeceased her in 1988. [13]
![]() Rix in 1938 | |
Personal information | |
---|---|
Birth name | Alma Gwen Rix |
Born | Dunedin, New Zealand | 1 April 1918
Died | 30 April 2000 | (aged 82)
Spouse |
Arthur William Squire
(
m. 1945; died 1988) |
Sport | |
Country | New Zealand |
Sport | Diving |
Achievements and titles | |
National finals | Diving champion (1936, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941) |
Alma Gwen Squire (née Rix, 1 April 1918 − 30 April 2000) was a New Zealand diver, who represented her country at the 1938 British Empire Games.
Born Alma Gwen Rix, Squire was born in Dunedin, New Zealand, on 1 April 1918, [1] the daughter of Edwin Montague Rix and Ella Mable Rix (née Miller). Her father, a tramway motorman, died in 1925. [2] She was educated at King Edward Technical College, where she was an accomplished netball player. [3] On 26 December 1945, she married Arthur William Squire in Christchurch. [4]
Beginning her aquatic career as a swimmer, Rix competed at the 1931 junior amateur swimming championships in the 50 yards and 100 yards freestyle events. [5] The following year, she was second in the breaststroke at the national junior championships. [6]
Rix began diving in 1934 and benefitted from coaching by Australian Harry Tickle when he toured New Zealand that same year. [6] [7] At the 1935 national championships, Rix was second in the women's diving. [8] [9] She went on to win the New Zealand national diving championship every year from 1936 to 1941, apart from 1937, when the event was not held. [10]
Considered unlucky by some not to have been selected for the 1936 Olympics, [11] Rix competed for New Zealand at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, where she finished sixth in the women's 3 m springboard. [12]
Squire died on 30 April 2000, and her ashes were buried at the Woodlawn Memorial Gardens in Christchurch. [13] Her husband had predeceased her in 1988. [13]