Elizabeth Church
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| Born | 11 March 1930 Marylebone, London, England | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
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Elizabeth Mabel Church (born 11 March 1930) is a female British former swimmer.
Early life
[edit]She grew up at Harpole Grange, in Harpole in Northamptonshire, the daughter of Mr Dudley R Church, who owned the property from 1940. Her father married (Louise) Betty Skinner, at St Mary-le-Bow, on 1 June 1929. Her mother died on 18 October 1992.[1] Her grandfather (Thomas) Dudley Church was one of three brothers (William and Alfred) who owned Church's shoes in Northampton.
Swimming career
[edit]Church competed in the women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[2] She represented England and won a silver medal in the 330 yard Medley Relay and a bronze medal in the 220 yard Breaststroke at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[3][4] At the ASA National British Championships she won the 220 yards breaststroke title in 1947 and 1948.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Northampton Chronicle Tuesday 20 October 1992, page 8
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elizabeth Church Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1950 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ ""Swimming." Times, 12 July 1948, p. 2". The Times. 12 July 1948. p. 2.
External links
[edit]Elizabeth Church at World Aquatics
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