Margaret Edwards
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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 March 1939 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Heston S.C. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Margaret Edwards (born 28 March 1939) is an English former competitive swimmer.
Early life
Edwards was born on 28 March 1939.[1]
She attended Greens Grammar School, in west London, now called The Green School for Girls.[2]
Swimming career
She represented Great Britain at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, where she won a bronze medal in the women's 100-metre backstroke in the time of 1:13.1.[3]
In May 1958 she took part in the Empire Games trials in Blackpool[4] and subsequently competed at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, where she won a gold medal and a silver medal in the women's 440-yard medley relay and 110-yard backstroke respectively, while representing England.[5][6][7] At the ASA National British Championships she won the 110 yards backstroke title twice (1959, 1961).[8][9]
See also
References
- ^ "Margaret Edwards". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
- ^ Daily Herald Tuesday 4 December 1956, page 10
- ^ "Margaret Edwards". www.databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 8 March 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
- ^ "Sykes and Symonds chosen for trials". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 28 May 1958. p. 11. Retrieved 16 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Margaret Edwards". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
- ^ ""Best Swimmers Prove IT." Times, 7 Sept. 1959, p. 15". Times Digital Archive. Archived from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ ""Miss Edwards Ends As Champion." Times, 1 Sept. 1961, p. 4". Times Digital Archive.