Margaret Wellington
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| Born | 23 December 1926 Beckenham, UK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 March 2015 (aged 88)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Beckenham Ladies Swimming Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Margaret Olive Wellington (23 December 1926 – 10 March 2015) was a British swimmer.
Swimming career
[edit]Wellington won a bronze medal at the 1947 European Aquatics Championships in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay.[2] She finished fourth in the same event at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[3]
She represented England in Auckland, New Zealand at the 1950 British Empire Games where she won three silver medals, in the 110 yd and 440 yd freestyle and 3×110 yd medley relay, and a bronze in the 4×110 yd freestyle relay.[3][4][5] She won the 1948 ASA National Championship 110 yards freestyle title,[6] the 1949 ASA National Championship 220 yards freestyle title [7] and the 1949 ASA National Championship 440 yards freestyle title.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ Margaret Wellington's obituary (page 5)
- ^ Margaret WELLINGTON. les-sports.info
- ^ a b Margaret Wellington. sports-reference.com
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1950 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ ""Swimming." Times, 12 July 1948, p. 2". The Times. 12 July 1948. p. 2.
- ^ ""Swimming." Times, 23 July 1949, p. 6". The Times. 23 July 1949. p. 6.
- ^ ""Swimming." Times, 22 July 1949, p. 6". The Times. 22 July 1949. p. 6.
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