Christine Gosden
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| Full name | Christine Lorraine Gosden | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 November 1939 York, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb; 11.2 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Christine Lorraine Gosden (born 17 November 1939), also known by her married name Christine Parfect, is a female retired British swimmer.
Swimming career[]
Gosden competed in the 200-metre breaststroke event at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics and finished eighth in 1956.[1]
She won a gold medal representing England with a world record time in the 4×110-yard medley relay at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales [2] in addition to taking an individual silver in the 220 yards breaststroke event.[3][4]
She also won a bronze medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay at the 1958 European Aquatics Championships[5] At the ASA National British Championships she won the 220 yards breaststroke title and the 110 yards butterfly title in 1957.[6][7]
References[]
- ^ Christine Gosden. sports-reference.com
- ^ Chris Gosden. recordi.info-mix.info
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ Christine GOSDEN. les-sports.info
- ^ ""Miss Grinham Shows Her Versatility." Times, 14 September 1957, p. 10". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ ""13-Year-Old Swimmer Of The Year." Times, 16 September 1957, p. 12". Times Digital Archive.
External links[]
- Christine Gosden at FINA
- Christine Gosden at SwimRankings.net
- Christine Gosden at Olympics.com
- Christine Gosden at Olympedia
- Christine Gosden at the Commonwealth Games Federation
- Christine Gosden at the Commonwealth Games Federation
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- 1939 births
- Living people
- Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers of Great Britain
- English female swimmers
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Universiade medalists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Universiade gold medalists for Great Britain
- Universiade silver medalists for Great Britain
- Medalists at the 1959 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1961 Summer Universiade