Diane Jones-Konihowski
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Diane Jones-Konihowski, C.M., B.Ed. (born March 7, 1951) is a former Canadian pentathlete.
Born in Vancouver, British Columbia, and raised in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, graduated from the College of Education at the University of Saskatchewan. She competed for Canada at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics. She won a gold medal in the pentathlon at the 1978 Commonwealth Games. She was Chef de Mission of the 2000 Canadian Olympic Team in Sydney, Australia.
In 1978, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada. She 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. She was also awarded the Bobbie Rosenfeld Award and the Velma Springstead Trophy. In 2002, she was awarded an honorary degree from the University of Saskatchewan.
In 1977, she married John Konihowski, a professional football player for the Edmonton Eskimos and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
She lives in Calgary, Alberta, where she is the President and partner of Premiere Executive Suites. In 2005, she was elected to the board of directors of the Canadian Olympic Committee.
