Margaret Edwards Explained

Margaret Edwards
Fullname:Margaret Edwards
Strokes:Backstroke
Club:Heston S.C.
Birth Date:28 March 1939
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Margaret Edwards (born 28 March 1939) is an English former competitive swimmer.

Early life

Edwards was born on 28 March 1939.[1]

She attended Greens Grammar School, in west London, now called The Green School for Girls.[2]

Swimming career

She represented Great Britain at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, where she won a bronze medal in the women's 100-metre backstroke in the time of 1:13.1.[3]

At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, she won a gold medal and a silver medal in the women's 440-yard medley relay and 110-yard backstroke respectively, while representing England.[4] [5] [6] At the ASA National British Championships she won the 110 yards backstroke title twice (1959, 1961).[7] [8]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Margaret Edwards . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165349/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ed/margaret-edwards-1.html . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2008-08-21 . www.sports-reference.com .
  2. Daily Herald Tuesday 4 December 1956, page 10
  3. Web site: Margaret Edwards . 2008-08-21 . www.databaseolympics.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070308215728/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=EDWARMAR01 . 2007-03-08 .
  4. Web site: Athletes and results. Commonwealth Games Federation. 29 July 2019. 29 November 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211129061125/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/54023. dead.
  5. Web site: 1958 Athletes. Team England.
  6. Web site: Margaret Edwards . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165349/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ed/margaret-edwards-1.html . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2008-08-21 . www.sports-reference.com .
  7. Web site: "Best Swimmers Prove IT." Times, 7 Sept. 1959, p. 15. Times Digital Archive.
  8. Web site: "Miss Edwards Ends As Champion." Times, 1 Sept. 1961, p. 4. Times Digital Archive.

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