Judy Grinham
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| Full name | Judith Brenda Grinham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | "Judy" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Great Britain |
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| Born | March 5, 1939 Neasden, England |
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke, freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Hampstead Ladies SC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Judith Brenda Grinham, MBE (born 5 March 1939), also known by her married name Judith Rowley, is an English former competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympics and European championships, and competed for England in the Commonwealth Games. Grinham is an Olympic gold medallist, Commonwealth and European champion, and former world record-holder.
Biography
Grinham was born in the London suburb of Hampstead and grew up in Neasden. She married Pat Rowley[1] in Neasden in 1960, in St. Catherine's Church and they had two children, Keith and Alison.
Grinham competed in the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia, winning the 100-metre backstroke in 1 minute, 12.9 seconds, a world record. She became the first Briton to win an Olympic swimming gold since Lucy Morton in 1924.
Grinham competed in the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, and won the 100-metre backstroke in 1:11.9. She went on to win a second gold medal as a member of the winning British team in the 4×100-metre medley team at the 1958 European Championships in Budapest, Hungary, and won an individual gold in the 100-metre backstroke. She became the first athlete in any sport to hold Olympic, Commonwealth and European gold medals at the same time.[citation needed]
She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honour Swimmer" in 1981.[2]
In 2007, she was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the Queen's Birthday Honours list, 50 years after winning gold in Melbourne.
See also
- Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relay
References
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- ↑ International Swimming Hall of Fame, Honourees, Judy Grinham (GBR). Retrieved 17 Marc 2015.
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