Irene Strong

{{short description|Canadian swimmer}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|3|3|df=yes}}

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| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|2|20|1929|3|3|df=yes}}{{cite web|url = https://www.ieyenews.com/february-2018-cayman-islands-funerals/|title = February 2018 Cayman Islands Funerals|date = 8 April 2018|publisher = ieyenews|access-date = 29 June 2020}}

| death_place = Cayman Islands

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Irene Marie Watler ({{nee}} Strong; 3 March 1929 – 20 February 2018){{cite web|title=Death Certificate of Husband|url=http://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/c8e75f50-e823-4bfe-a720-04ffdf0de77c|website=Royal BC Museum Collections|publisher=Royal BC Museum|access-date=25 April 2018}}{{cite web|title=UBC Olympic Athletes|url=https://www.gothunderbirds.ca/sports/2012/6/1/ubcolympics.aspx|publisher=UBC Thunderbirds|access-date=25 April 2018}}{{cite news|title=Powell’s committed to Olympic success|url=https://www.caymancompass.com/2007/12/13/powell-s-committed-to-olympic-success/|access-date=25 April 2018|publisher=Cayman Compass|date=13 December 2007}}{{cite web|title=Irene Watler – Team Canada|url=https://olympic.ca/team-canada/irene-watler/|publisher=Canadian Olympic Team Official Website|access-date=25 April 2018}} was a Canadian competitive swimmer from Surrey, British Columbia.{{cite web|title=Crescent Beach Swimming Club|url=http://www.surreyhistory.ca/cbsc.html|publisher=SurreyHistory.ca}} She competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/irene-strong-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418115428/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/irene-strong-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Irene Strong Olympic Results |accessdate=21 September 2016}}