Margaret Girvan

Margaret Girvan
Girvan at the 1950 British Empire Games
Personal information
Born(1932-10-02)2 October 1932
Died7 January 1979(1979-01-07) (aged 46)[1]
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, backstroke
Medal record
Representing  Scotland
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1950 Auckland 3×110 yd medley
Gold medal – first place 1954 Vancouver 3×110 yd medley
Bronze medal – third place 1954 Vancouver 440 yd freestyle

Margaret Therese Girvan (2 October 1932 – 7 January 1979) was a Scottish swimmer. As a schoolgirl in 1944 she won the Motherwell & Wishaw Schools 50 Yards Girls’ Championship.[2][3]

Girvan competed for Great Britain in the 400 metre and 4 × 100 metres freestyle events at the 1956 Olympics and reached the final in the relay.[4] She represented Scotland at the British Empire Games in 1950, 1954 and 1958 and won one gold and two bronze medals.[5] She won the 1956 ASA National Championship 440 yards freestyle title.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Girvan, Margaret Therese". The Sydney Morning Herald. Nine Entertainment Co. 11 January 1979. p. 15. Retrieved 1 July 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Free access icon
  2. ^ "Motherwell's Olympian Swimmers – CultureNL Museums". www.culturenlmuseums.co.uk.
  3. ^ "CultureNL Museums". www.culturenlmuseums.co.uk. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  4. ^ Margaret Girvan, Olympedia
  5. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Margaret Girvan Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 October 2016.
  6. ^ ""McKechnie's Fine Swim." Times, 6 Sept. 1956, p. 3". The Times. Times Digital Archive. 6 September 1956. p. 3.


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