Mabel Hamblen Explained

Mabel Hamblen
Birth Date:19 September 1904
Birth Place:Fulham, London, England
Death Place:Hammersmith, England

Mabel Hamblen (19 September 1904  - 18 April 1955) was a British swimmer. She competed in the women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.[1] Hamblen was the first woman to win Long Distance Champion of England for three successive years (1926–1928), swimming five miles on the River Thames from Kew to Putney.[2] She was a founding member of the Hammersmith Ladies Swimming Club, and once served as captain.

Notes and References

  1. Mabel Hamblen Olympic Results . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418042536/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ha/mabel-hamblen-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 10 September 2016.
  2. Web site: Mabel Hamblen . 2022-05-26 . Olympedia.