Doris Grimes won her first diving competition at Croydon baths as a 14-year-old in 1923. She was also a fine 100 yards freestyle swimmer at that time and regularly won Croydon swimming and diving titles. She was the Kent and Surrey diving champion 1924-27, and by the time she was selected for the platform event at the 1928 Olympics, she had 65 swimming and diving medals to her name. Her only Amateur Diving Association (ADA) title was the springboard in 1930. That same year, she married fellow Olympic diver Wilfred Burne, and she was also a team-mate of his in the ADA Fancy Diving Team. Shortly after their marriage, they both turned professional and took part in diving exhibitions around Britain. She also worked in her husband’s Mayfair antiques business. Both Doris and Wilfred held advanced diving teacher’s certificates.
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