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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 March 1930 Marylebone, London, England | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Northampton | |||||||||||||||||
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Elizabeth Mabel Church (born 11 March 1930) is a female British former swimmer.
Biography
She grew up at Harpole Grange, in Harpole in Northamptonshire, the daughter of Mr Dudley R Church, who owned the property from 1940. Her father married (Louise) Betty Skinner, at St Mary-le-Bow, on 1 June 1929. Her mother died on 18 October 1992.[1] Her grandfather (Thomas) Dudley Church was one of three brothers (William and Alfred) who owned Church's shoes in Northampton.
Church competed in the women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[2] At the ASA National British Championships she won the 220 yards breaststroke title in 1947 and 1948.[3]
She represented the English team[4] at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand,[5] where she won the silver medal in the 330 yard Medley relay.[6] and a bronze medal in the 220 yard breaststroke.[7][8]
See also
References
- ↑ Northampton Chronicle Tuesday 20 October 1992, page 8
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elizabeth Church Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
- ↑ ""Swimming." Times, 12 July 1948, p. 2". The Times. 12 July 1948. p. 2.[dead link]
- ↑ "Jack Hale for Empire Games". Hull Daily Mail. 6 October 1949. Retrieved 14 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Jack Archer will fly to Games". Nottingham Journal. 7 December 1949. Retrieved 14 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
- ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
- ↑ "1950 Athletes". Team England.
External links
Elizabeth Church at World Aquatics
- Elizabeth Church at SwimRankings.net
- Elizabeth Church at Olympics.com
- Elizabeth Church at Team GB
- Elizabeth Church at Olympedia
- Elizabeth Church at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
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