Mary-Anne Cotterill

Mary Anne Cotterill (born 16 October 1945) is a retired English butterfly swimmer.

Cooerill won two bronze medals in the 4 × 100 m medley relay at the 1962 and 1966 European Aquatics Championships.^[1] She finished fifth in the same event at the 1964 Summer Olympics.^[2] She also won two silver medals in the 110 yd butterfly and 4×110 yd medley relay at the 1962 Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia. In the 110 yd butterfly she was second to the world record holder Mary Stewart of Canada.^[3]

She represented England and won two silver medals in 110 yards butterfly and the medley relay, at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia.^[4][5]

At the ASA National British Championships she won the 110 yards butterfly title in 1964.^[6]

Cotterill represented the England team again^[7] at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica,^[8] where she reached the final of the 110 yards butterfly event.^[9]

Cotterill retired from international swimming in 1966 but continued to captain the University of London swimming team while a medical student at St Mary's Hospital. She qualified as a doctor in 1971 and went on to combine a part-time medical career with a family. She retired from medical practice in 1998 and went on to be a bereavement counsellor and supervisor for Cruse. Two of her daughters are also doctors, whilst her third works in marketing for Nestle.