Sheila Watt
Watt in 1960 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British (Scottish) |
| Born | 27 January 1941 |
| Died | 10 March 2023 (aged 82) Aberdeen, Scotland |
| Height | 164 cm (5 ft 5 in) |
| Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Swimming |
| Strokes | Butterfly |
| Club | Aberdeen Thistle SC |
Sheila Watt (later Duthie; 27 January 1941 – 10 March 2023) was a British butterfly swimmer who competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Swimming career
Watt was selected for the 1958 Scottish team[2] for the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where she competed in the 110 yards butterfly.[3]
Watt competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in the individual 100 m butterfly and 4 × 100 m medley relay and finished in fourth and fifth place, respectively.[4]
Swimming for the Aberdeen Thistle Swimming Club, she won the ASA National British Championships in 1958, 1959 and 1960, competing in the 100 metres butterfly competition.[5][6][7]
She also competed for Scotland at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.[8][1]
Sheila Watt died in Aberdeen on 10 March 2023, at the age of 82.[9]
References
- ^ a b Trip to Russia. The Glasgow Herald. 11 April 1961
- ^ "Lindsay chosen for Scots athletics team". The Scotsman. 2 June 1958. p. 9. Retrieved 4 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Scotland Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 17 June 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
- ^ "Biographical information". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
- ^ "From Our Swimming Correspondent. "Greater Triumphs Ahead For Miss Steward." Times, 26 Sept. 1960, p. 5". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ ""Best Swimmers Prove IT." Times, 7 Sept. 1959, p. 15". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ ""Black Gains Four Swimming Titles." Times, 25 Aug. 1958, p. 4". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ Sheila Watt. sports-reference.com
- ^ "Aberdeen Olympic swimmer Sheila Watt dies age 82". The Press & Journal. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
External links
- Sheila Watt at World Aquatics
- Sheila Watt at Swimrankings.net
- Sheila Watt at Olympics.com
- Sheila Watt at Team GB
- Sheila Watt at Team Scotland
- Sheila Watt at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)