[5], She learned to swim at the age of six and was training seriously two years later. Birthdate: February 17, 1989. Birthdate: February 17, 1989. 333 swimmers from 41 nations competed.[1]. 219 competitors, 149 men and 70 women, took part in 145 events in 14 sports.. Davies held the Commonwealth Record for 400-metre individual medley for 18 years. This category includes swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. She split up with Kingston after seven years of marriage in 2009. Also a proficient swimmer who won international titles in the water, she went on to compete at three further Games and did so at nearly 34 years of age in 1928. She has twin brothers. Sun Sign: Aquarius. During a Sport Relief event in Devon, she said: "We're very optimistic and happy but we're cautious, too, because of what we have been through. [13][14][15][16][17][18][19], In the 1993 New Year Honours, Davies was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire "for services to swimming".[20]. Find out more about the Marathon Swimming and the history of the discipline. Georgia Coates. Olympic Swimming | Swimming | British Swimming Great Britain has not been on the relay podium since 1980 where the 4x100m Medley Relay team won silver. Vote for Your Favourite British Female Swimmers, Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Baroness Masham of Ilton, (English Swimmer and Member of the House of Lords, Lord Temporal), (British CompetitiveSwimmer and Olympic Gold Medallist). June Croft swam in a British women's swimming record eight Olympic finals, three in 1980 in Moscow and five more 4 years later in Los Angeles. The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 336 total. Diving at the Olympics in Whites day was completely different to what we know - and arguably more challenging, with divers competing on both 10 metre and 5 metre platforms. Birthplace: Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. English male swimmers - FamousFix.com list It has been a big hurdle getting FINA to be the first governing body to do it, but the battle's not over yet. This information about British divers at the Olympic Games is based on the official olympic reports and the Olympian Database: Olympics 50 years after first competing in the Olympic fencing programme, Sheen bagged Team GB their first gold. Category:Olympic swimmers of Great Britain - Wikipedia Its fair to say they were different times. This page provides a list of the British divers who have participated in the Olympic Games . 1976-1980: not included in the Olympic program: 1984 Los Angeles details: Tracy Caulkins She was the only non-American winner of a womens swimming title at that Games - Mortons win was so unexpected that the British national anthem wasnt ready to be played and a correctly-sized flag couldnt be found for the victory ceremony. MEN'S OLYMPIC FACTS Great Britain have won ten Olympic gold medals in the men's event: John Jarvis in both the 100m Freestyle and 400m Freestyle in 1900, Henry Taylor in both the 400m and . "Swimming." Katarina Johnson-Thompson holds the British record for the women's pentathlon with 5,000 points. He represented Great Britain at the 1980 Moscow Olympics where he won a gold medal and a silver medal in the 100 . 4. Sebastian Coe of Great Britain raises his arms in celebration as he crosses the finish line to win the men's 1500m race at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow. But she did just that in the 200m breaststroke at Paris 1924, surging to gold as Britains world record holder Irene Gilbert languished in fifth place. Olympic gold medalists such as John Naber, Peter Rocca, John Hencken, and Shirley Babashoff earned a lot of applause, along with the women's team, which had beaten the fiercely powerful East German team in the 4 x 100m freestyle relay final. The first black swimmer to win an Olympic swimming gold was Anthony Nesty, who competed for the nation of Suriname in the 1980s. [4][5] Her father was never selected as an international coach because he spoke out about East German cheating. Tony Duffy/Allsport Olympic Medals 5 7 9 Games Breakdown Athletics 4 2 4 Boxing 1 Judo 1 1 Rowing 1 2 Swimming 1 3 1 Get Inspired Latest News Latest News Shop Moscow 1980 | Team GB The only male Backstroker to win a medal was Herbert Haresnape with a bronze in the 100m in 1908. 8. Gunnells dominance of womens endurance hurdling in this decade spoke for itself. The performance of the Great Britain Swimming team at Rio 2016 is the most successful since 1908. [citation needed], She set a record by swimming for the British national team at the age of 11. Rio saw the Swimming Team came home with one gold and five silver medals. Rebecca Adlington made headlines with her double-gold win at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, in which she aced both the 400m and 800m freestyle events. Glover would also compete at Tokyo 2020 as the first mother to represent Team GB in rowing. 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The most recent gold medal was won by Adam Peaty in both the 100m Breaststroke in Rio 2016. It was valued by BBC expert Adam Schoon at 15,000. She has also been a World Masters Record Holder. Defined in the public eye by a fierce domestic rivalry with Fatima Whitbread, Sanderson would become the second track & field athlete from any nation to reach six Olympics. British Swimminguse cookies on our websiteto give you the best possible experience. Team GB has had a plethora of great female athletes in recent years. The age, height, and body mass of Olympic swimmers: A 50-year review Davies won silver for Great Britain in the 400m individual medley in Moscow . [12], At the ASA National British Championships she won 22 titles - the 100 metres freestyle title in 1978, 200 metres freestyle title in 1977 and 1978, 400 metres freestyle title in 1977, 1978 and 1979, 800 metres freestyle title in 1978, 200 metres backstroke title in 1976, 1977 and 1978, 200 metres medley title in 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1989 and 1992, 400 metres medley title in 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980 and the 50 metres butterfly title in 1992. [26], Davies's third marriage was to British Airways pilot Tony Kingston. In partial support of the American-led boycott, the UK government allowed its athletes to choose whether to compete. There was a boycott of the opening ceremony with Britain being represented solely by the General Secretary of the British Olympic Association, Dick Palmer, carrying the Olympic flag, and no athletes being present. There has been considerable interest in the age and physical characteristics of swimmers competing at the Olympic Games or World Championships over many decades (see Table 1).Early studies examining only amateur athletes include those by Cureton, 7 de Garay et al., 8 and Novak et al. Since retiring from the sport, she has worked for various media organisations and programmes. In the 1980s, Davies lived with and was engaged to Neil Adams[24] an Olympic and World Championship medallist in judo. Sharron Elizabeth Davies, MBE (born 1 November 1962) is an English former competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympics and European championships[1] and competed for England in the Commonwealth Games. The Beijing Olympics also saw the inaugural 10km Marathon Swimming event which saw Keri-anne Payne and Cassandra Patten win two of the three medals on offer. The following year, at age 15, she won gold medals at the Commonwealth Games in the 200 and 400-metre individual medleys and also a silver and a bronze medal. Morton was never earmarked as the first British woman to win an individual Olympic swimming title. Gardner won silver in the 80 metres hurdles at her home Games, edged out by Blankers-Koen with both athletes initially credited with a joint world record of 11.2 seconds. With 400m gold Adlington became the first British woman since 1960 to win swimming gold and then the first British swimmer full stop to win multiple medals with 800m glory. Great Britain has won six gold medals in the womens program: the 4x100m Freestyle Relay team in 1912, Lucy Morton in the 200m Breaststroke in 1924, Judith Grinham in the 100m Backstroke in 1956, Anita Lonsborough in the 200m Breaststroke in 1960 and Rebecca Adlington in both the 400m Freestyle and 800m Freestyle in 2008. Overall Great Britain has won more medals in the 200m Breaststroke than any other, winning ten medals including four gold. Women. Whites story is little known but her name lives on in the sport to this day. 219 competitors, 149 men and 70 women, took part in 145 events in 14 sports. He won the gold medal in the 100-metre breaststroke at . Great Britain has never won an Olympic medal in either the 100m or 200m Butterfly events. Duncan Cleworth. Hannah Mills also became the most decorated female sailor in Olympic history with 470 gold alongside Eilidh McIntyre. [27][bettersourceneeded] They were married in 2002 in Gloucestershire. 9,10 During the 1980's and 90's, Olympic athletes were more frequently supported by their governments to . Flying Dutchwoman Fanny Blankers-Koen was the undisputed star of Londons second staging of the Games in 1948, but Gardner was only a split second behind her. Simone Manuel Becomes First Black Woman To Win Olympic Swimming Gold Welcome to the home of our senior British athletes. [citation needed]. [35] In the same article, she stated: "This month we saw an athlete, Lia Thomas, who was an average club swimmer as a man claim an NCAA title as the US No 1 woman with 20 years of male development in the tank. 'I Was an Olympic Swimmer, I Want Trans Women Banned From Female Sports' Davies has attended 12 consecutive Olympic Games, competing in three games[2] and then working in the media for the BBC Sport. We are the home of British Swimming. [32], She became involved in the question of trans women in sport, not because of trans women themselves but rather because at the 1980 Olympics she lost out on gold to Schneider who, along with other East German athletes, had been put on testosterone to enhance their performances through doping. This category has only the following subcategory. Top 100 greatest Great Britain Olympians - The Sun | The Sun List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women) - Wikipedia The womens pair gold famously broke the seal on the London 2012 medal rush and the duo returned to defend their title at Rio 2016. England) is a former England and Great Britain Olympic swimmer who had a successful International career spanning 10 years. She broke the world record to win long jump gold, snatched silver in the pentathlon and bronze in the 4x100m relay, showing an incredible range of form and talent. Colledge, who served as an ambulance driver in World War II, went on to win Olympic silver at Garmisch-Partenkirchen four years later. Some are strictlynecessary for this website to function and cannot be switched off. Team GB fielded more female athletes than male for the first time and they delivered countless memorable moments in Japan. Official British Olympic Association Report of the 1980 Games, published 1981, ISSN 0143-4799; Boycott [30], In 2019, Davies entered the debate about the participation by trans women in female sporting competitions, opposing such participation, saying that trans women hold a biological advantage in sports. When he asked what she'd been doing she replied, 'I've just won the Championship', at which point he said nothing, turned and went back to pruning his roses. Stanley Clarke (swimmer) Andrew Clayton. She attended Plymstock Comprehensive School and the private school Kelly College, which is now known as Mount Kelly, in Tavistock. 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Category:Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia They also won all three medals in six different races. Furthermore, the Olympic flag was raised for the British medal winners in place of the Union Flag, and the Olympic anthem was played instead of God Save the Queen for the five gold medalists.[2][3]. No Backstroker has won a medal since Natalie Steward took silver in the 100m in 1960. He was added in 2021 to the Coaches Association Hall of Fame. William Henry is the oldest GB swimming medallist with bronze in the relay in 1906 aged 47 while Sarah Hardcastle is the youngest at age 15 winning silver in 1984. The 1980 Summer Olympics . [31] Olympic medal-winning sports people in support of this position include: Sally Gunnell and Nicola Adams. "[35], In 2023, Davies criticised sportswear brand Nike for using Dylan Mulvaney, a transgender woman, to model their products in an advertisement and called for a boycott.[36]. On International Womens Day, here is a look at some great British women who have made Olympic history down the decades. The last womens Breaststroke medallist was in 1960 when Anita Lonsborough struck gold. "She biked home from Wimbledon and found her brother at home pruning the roses. This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in swimming. British Swimmers | Team Profiles & Biogs | British Swimming The Great Britain Swimming Team has won a total of 71 medals at the Olympic Games made up of 16 Gold, 27 Silver and 28 Bronze medals. Born to a runner father and a swimmer mother, he was introduced to triathlon by Simon Hearnshaw, his . Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. She won four gold medals at the 1988 and the 1992 Olympics and some of her world records stood for over 20 years. Find out more information about how athletes are selected to compete in major swimming events in Great Britain. "Swimming." This time it was the turn of Eve Muirhead, Vicky Wright, Jennifer Dodds and Hailey Duff who beat Japan in the final to claim Britains first womens curling gold since 2002. James Goddard and Liam Tancock both reached the 200m Individual Medley final in 2008. 1980 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia In the excitement of the victory, the British team manager rushed to congratulate her and only narrowly avoided being impaled on her sword. Giving birth at 44 doesn't worry me. Women's races are not there for mediocre males. She competed in three Olympic Games[2] over three decades, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and only managed to place once. Sharron Davies MBE is a British. 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In 1994 they were married in Northampton, and had two children. Hertha "Hedy" Bienenfeld Wertheimer of Austria at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam. 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Eleven fencers, six men and five women, represented Great Britain in 1980. This list may not reflect recent changes. So many women go through this as they leave it later to have babies." When a. In the third appearance by Great Britain in modern Olympic archery, two men and two women represented the country. This list may not reflect recent changes. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Olympic_swimmers_of_Great_Britain&oldid=951855841, Summer Olympics competitors for Great Britain, Template Category TOC via CatAutoTOC on category with 301600 pages, CatAutoTOC generates standard Category TOC, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 19 April 2020, at 07:48. 20 Most Famous Swimmers of All Time - Sport Fitness Advisor Among them were BMX gold medals for Charlotte Worthington and Beth Shriever and a historic fifth Olympic gold for Laura Kenny in a majestic Madison with Katie Archibald. This is a list of the British champions in the events held at these annual championships. By the time she finally retired for good in 1994, she had been a British champion on 22 occasions and had broken two hundred British swimming records and 5 World Masters records (eligible to those over 30). Davies then married gym manager John Crisp in West Sussex in 1987. List of British Swimming Championships champions - Wikipedia Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. The last Briton to reach the 400m Individual Medley final isMax Litchfield in 2016. Birthplace: Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. Famous British Swimmers - The Famous People Great Britain (specifically known as Great Britain and Northern Ireland), the team of the British Olympic Association (BOA) which represents the United Kingdom, is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024.