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This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:English female swimmers and Category:Scottish female swimmers and Category:Welsh female swimmers The contents of these subcategories can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it.
It includes British female swimmers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This is a diffusing subcategory of Category:English swimmers . Articles about English female swimmers in the parent category should be moved to this subcategory.
Rebecca Adlington was born on 17 February 1989 in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, where she attended The Brunts School. [4] In 2009, she was one of 94 from "the world of aquatics" to benefit from the Advanced Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence award (AASE), intended to recognise potential elite athletes with the opportunity for integrated academic achievement whilst continuing with training for ...
Diana Elizabeth Wilkinson (born 17 March 1944 in Stockport, Cheshire) is a retired British freestyle swimmer. She competed in the British Empire and Commonwealth Games from 1958 to 1966, the 1958 and 1962 European Aquatics Championships , and the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics .
At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff she won gold in the 220 yards breaststroke and the medley relay.. At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, on 27 August 1960, at the age of 19, she won gold in the 200 m breaststroke in 2:49.5 ahead of West Germany's Wiltrud Urselmann (2:50.0), setting a new world record time. [2]
Games Gold Silver Bronze 1912 Stockholm details: Fanny Durack Australasia Wilhelmina Wylie Australasia Jennie Fletcher Great Britain 1920 Antwerp details: Ethelda Bleibtrey United States
Pages in category "Olympic swimmers for Great Britain" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 512 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Isabella "Belle" McAlpine Moore (23 October 1894 – 7 March 1975), later known by her married name Belle Cameron, was a Scottish competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympics.