Diane Jones-Konihowski, was born on March 7,1951 and is a former Canadian pentathlete who was the 1978 Commonwealth Champion and won two gold medals at two Pan-American Games, as well as representing Canada at two Summer Olympics.
10 Facts About Diane Jones-Konihowski
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Diane Jones-Konihowski graduated from the College of Education at the University of Saskatchewan.
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Diane Jones-Konihowski took her first international medal at the 1969 Pacific Conference Games, a bronze in the high jump.
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Diane Jones-Konihowski competed for Canada at the 1972 Summer Olympics, placing tenth she took the bronze medal at the World Student Games in Moscow in 1973; and the 1976 Summer Olympics, placing sixth.
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Diane Jones-Konihowski won a gold medal in the pentathlon at the 1975 and 1979 Pan Am Games and 1978 Commonwealth Games.
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Diane Jones-Konihowski was the winner of the pentathlon at the Liberty Bell Classic in 1980.
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Two weeks after the Moscow Olympics, Diane Jones-Konihowski competed in the pentathlon in Germany; she won the gold beating all the Olympic Medallist.
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Diane Jones-Konihowski was Chef de Mission of the 2000 Canadian Olympic Team in Sydney, Australia.
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Diane Jones-Konihowski was inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame in 1980, the Canadian Olympic Sports Hall of Fame in 1996, and the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame and Museum in 2002.
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Diane Jones-Konihowski was awarded the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award and the Velma Springstead Trophy.