Margaret McDowall
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1954 Vancouver | 3×110 yd medley |
Margaret Gibson McDowall (born 10 January 1936 in Kilmarnock, Scotland),[1] is a female retired competitive swimmer who represented Scotland.
Swimming career[]
McDowall was educated at Kilmarnock Academy and was a member of the Scottish Swimming Team from the age of 14.[2] Unusually she practiced in the local municipal swimming baths in Kilmarnock rather than any purpose built training facility.
She was a member of the three-woman relay team at the 1954 Commonwealth games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada[3] and at the ASA National British Championships she won the 110 yards backstroke title four times (1950, 1951, 1952, 1953).[4][5][6]
References[]
- ^ "Margaret Gibson McDowall". Olympic Database. Retrieved 2 December 2007.
- ^ "Margaret McDowall". Kilmarnock Academy. Retrieved 2 December 2007.
- ^ "Famous people". East Ayrshire Council. Archived from the original on 16 December 2007. Retrieved 2 December 2007.
- ^ ""Swimming." Times, 29 July 1950, p. 7". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ ""Swimming." Times, 25 Aug. 1951, p. 2". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ ""Swimming And Diving Championships." Times, 7 Sept. 1953, p. 9". Times Digital Archive.
External links[]
Categories:
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Kilmarnock
- Olympic swimmers of Great Britain
- Scottish female swimmers
- Swimmers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Scotland
- 1936 births
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- British swimming biography stubs