Jennie Fletcher
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Full name | Jennie Fletcher | ||||||||||||||||
National team | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||
Born | Belgrave, Leicester, England | 19 March 1890||||||||||||||||
Died | 17 January 1968 Teeswater, Ontario, Canada | (aged 77)||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||
Club | Leicester Ladies SC | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Jennie Fletcher (19 March 1890 – 17 January 1968), later known by her married name Jennie Hyslop, was a British competitive swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, and former world record-holder.[1] In 1905 she set a new world record in the 100-yard freestyle that stood for seven years.[2] She was selected for the 1908 Olympics, but the women's swimming events were cancelled due to a shortage of participants. [3] At the 1912 Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay and a bronze medal in the individual 100-metre freestyle race.[4] In 1971 she was inducted to the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer".[5]
Fletcher was born in an underprivileged family of 11 siblings and had to combine swimming with daily 12-hour work.[5] In 1913 she began teaching swimming in Leicester, which ended her competitive career as she turned from an amateur into a professional. In 1917, she married and immigrated to Canada, where she gave birth to a daughter and five sons.[6][7]
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See also[]
- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
References[]
- ^ "Jennie Fletcher". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ Timeline of Women's Swimming History Archived 29 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine. International Swimming Hall of Fame
- ^ "Jennie Fletcher". Swimming.org.
- ^ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Jennie Fletcher Archived 29 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- ^ a b "Jennie Fletcher (GBR)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Retrieved 17 March 2015.[dead link]
- ^ "Champion swimmer finally honoured", BBC.com (14 December 2004). Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- ^ "Leicester's Olympian honoured . . . 100 years after her triumph", Leicester Mercury (24 March 2012). Retrieved 17 March 2015.
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- British female freestyle swimmers
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- English female water polo players
- Olympic swimmers of Great Britain
- Swimmers at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- English Olympic medallists
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
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- World record setters in swimming
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- Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- English emigrants to Canada
- Olympic gold medalists in swimming
- People from Belgrave, Leicester