Elspeth Ferguson

Elspeth Ferguson
Personal information
Nationality England
BornFirst quarter 1940
York

Elspeth C Ferguson (born 1940) is a female former swimmer who competed for England.

Swimming career

She represented England in the 440 yards freestyle at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[1][2]

After switching to contact lenses in 1956 her swimming career took off and swimming for the York Club she won the 1958 ASA National Championship 220 yards freestyle title [3] and the 1957 and 1958 ASA National Championship 440 yards freestyle titles.[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 18 October 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  2. ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
  3. ^ ""Swimming Victory For Black." Times, 23 Aug. 1958, p. 3". Times Digital Archive.
  4. ^ ""Miss Wilkinson Again." Times, 12 Sept. 1957, p. 4". Times Digital Archive.
  5. ^ ""Day Of Swimming Records." Times, 21 Aug. 1958, p. 3". Times Digital Archive.


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