Elizabeth Church

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Elizabeth Church
Personal information
Born (1930-03-11) 11 March 1930 (age 94)
Marylebone, London, England
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Swimming
Representing  England
British Empire Games
Bronze medal – third place 1950 Auckland 220y Breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 1950 Auckland 330y Medley Relay

Elizabeth Mabel Church (born 11 March 1930) is a female British former swimmer.

Swimming career[edit]

Church competed in the women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1] 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.[2][3] At the ASA National British Championships she won the 220 yards breaststroke title in 1947 and 1948.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. ^ "1950 Athletes". Team England.
  4. ^ ""Swimming." Times, 12 July 1948, p. 2". Times Digital Archive.

External links[edit]

Elizabeth Church at World AquaticsEdit on Wikidata