Competing in the 3 metre springboard she won a gold medal at the 1950 British Empire Games and a bronze at the 1938 European Championships and finished sixth at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

[3] Child won two gold medals at the 1950 British Empire Games, a bronze at the 1938 European Championships and finished sixth at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

[5] While training for the 1950 British Empire Games, Child injured herself while doing a somersault on a new trampoline at the Highgate Diving Club, having misjudged the additional height compared to an Olympic regulation springboard.

[8] She announced her plans to emigrate in April 1950, having turned down "a very tempting offer" of £1000 to remain in England as a professional, undertaking a diving tour of Great Britain over five months.

[9] In May 1954, she was granted a decree nisi in the divorce courts from Tym on the grounds of desertion, suggesting he had "behaved most unreasonably"; the suit was not contested.

[15] Edna Child Tinegate lived in retirement in Gidea Park, Romford, Essex and in 2022 celebrated her 100th birthday – the first British aquatic Olympian to achieve the milestone.