Margaret Girvan
 Girvan at the 1950 British Empire Games | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 2 October 1932 | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 7 January 1979 (aged 46)[1] | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, backstroke | |||||||||||||||||
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Margaret Therese Girvan (2 October 1932 – 7 January 1979) was a Scottish swimmer. As a schoolgirl in 1944 she won the Motherwell & Wishaw Schools 50 Yards Girls’ Championship.[2][3]
Girvan competed for Great Britain in the 400 metre and 4 × 100 metres freestyle events at the 1956 Olympics and reached the final in the relay.[4] She represented Scotland at the British Empire Games in 1950, 1954 and 1958 and won one gold and two bronze medals.[5] She won the 1956 ASA National Championship 440 yards freestyle title.[6]
References
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- ^ "Girvan, Margaret Therese". The Sydney Morning Herald. Nine Entertainment Co. 11 January 1979. p. 15. Retrieved 1 July 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Motherwell's Olympian Swimmers – CultureNL Museums". www.culturenlmuseums.co.uk.
- ^ "CultureNL Museums". www.culturenlmuseums.co.uk. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ Margaret Girvan, Olympedia
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Margaret Girvan Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
- ^ ""McKechnie's Fine Swim." Times, 6 Sept. 1956, p. 3". The Times. Times Digital Archive. 6 September 1956. p. 3.
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