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Donna De Varona

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Swimmer

The Resume

    (April 26, 1947- )
    Won 2 Olympic gold medals (1964)
    ABC Summer Olympics commentator (1968, 72, 76, 84, 96)
    ABC Winter Olympics commentator (1984, 88, 96)

Why she might be annoying:

    Her younger sister is actress Joanna Kerns, who played Maggie on 'Growing Pains.'
    Her name is hard to spell (de Varona).
    She left ABC in the late 90's after a dispute with them.
    She sued ABC for $50 million for sex and age discrimination (April 2000). She dropped the suit (September 2002).

Why she might not be annoying:

    She is a swimming expert.
    She was ABC's first national female sports commentator (1965).
    She did her first national sports broadcast at seventeen (1965).
    She said that swimmers will only swim as fast as they have to. If there is no one challenging them, the body automatically goes into second gear.
    She covered the 1976 Olympics for ABC.
    She set eighteen world swimming records.
    She co-founded the Women's Sports Foundation (1974).
    She earned a political science degree from UCLA.
    She won an Emmy for her coverage of the Special Olympics (1991).
    She returned to ABC sports in September 2002.
    She is a member of the International Swimming Hall of Fame, International Women's Sports Hall of Fame and the Olympic Hall of Fame.

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 7 Votes: 14.29% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 398 Votes: 43.47% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 651 Votes: 48.23% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 38 Votes: 36.84% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 19 Votes: 15.79% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 16 Votes: 31.25% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 39 Votes: 51.28% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 18 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 23 Votes: 47.83% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 16 Votes: 37.50% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 37 Votes: 45.95% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 155 Votes: 43.23% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 99 Votes: 56.57% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 103 Votes: 36.89% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 134 Votes: 34.33% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 830 Votes: 49.16% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 787 Votes: 48.28% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 233 Votes: 53.65% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 280 Votes: 55.00% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 550 Votes: 59.64% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 489 Votes: 37.22% Annoying