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| birth_name = Winifred Clare Griffin |
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| birth_date = 17 November 1932 |
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| spouse = [[Kerry Ashby]] |
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'''Winifred Clare "Winkie" Ashby''' (née '''Griffin''' |
'''Winifred Clare "Winkie" Ashby''' (née '''Griffin''' on 17 November 1932) is a former freestyle swimmer from New Zealand. At the [[1950 British Empire Games]] she won the silver medal as part of the 4×110 yards freestyle relay. Individually she placed fouth in the 440 yards freestyle and sixth in the 110 yards freestyle. She also competed in the 440 and 110 yards freestyle at the [[1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]]. |
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Her only Olympic Games appearance was in [[1956 Summer Olympics|1956 at Melbourne]] where she swam 100 m and 400 m freestyle, and was eliminated in the heats.<ref>[https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/winifred-griffin-1.html Winifred Griffin]. sports-reference.com</ref> |
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At the [[1950 British Empire Games]] she won the silver medal as part of the women's 440-yard freestyle relay. Her teammates in the relay were [[Norma Bridson]], [[Joan Hastings]] and [[Kristin Jacobi]]. In addition individually she placed 4th in the women's 440 yards freestyle and 6th in the 110 yards freestyle at the Games. |
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She competed in the 440 and 110 yards freestyle events again at the [[1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games]]. |
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Her only Olympic Games appearance was in [[1956 Summer Olympics|1956 at Melbourne]] where she swam in the women's 100m and 400m freestyle events. In the heats she placed 7th in the 100-metre event and 5th over 400 metres.<ref>[http://www.commonwealthgames.org.nz/Athletes/AthleteProfile.aspx?print=&id=1&ContactID=970 Profile at the New Zealand Olympic Committee]</ref> |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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* [http://natlib.govt.nz/records/23170137 Photograph of Winkie Griffin, 1956] |
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{{1950 New Zealand British Empire Games team}} |
{{1950 New Zealand British Empire Games team}} |
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| Birth name | Winifred Clare Griffin | |||||||||||
| Born | 17 November 1932 (age 91) Kawakawa, New Zealand | |||||||||||
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Winifred Clare "Winkie" Ashby (née Griffin on 17 November 1932) is a former freestyle swimmer from New Zealand. At the 1950 British Empire Games she won the silver medal as part of the 4×110 yards freestyle relay. Individually she placed fouth in the 440 yards freestyle and sixth in the 110 yards freestyle. She also competed in the 440 and 110 yards freestyle at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
Her only Olympic Games appearance was in 1956 at Melbourne where she swam 100 m and 400 m freestyle, and was eliminated in the heats.[1]
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