She split up with Kingston after seven years of marriage in 2009. Davies then married gym manager John Crisp in West Sussex in 1987. She was joined on Team GB in 2012 and 2016 by so many incredible female contemporaries, including Jessica Ennis, Laura Kenny, Katherine Grainger, Charlotte Dujardin and many, many more. This list may not reflect recent changes. During a Sport Relief event in Devon, she said: "We're very optimistic and happy but we're cautious, too, because of what we have been through. The most recent gold medal was won by Adam Peaty in both the 100m Breaststroke in Rio 2016. Times, 29 May 1978, p. 12", "Hennessy, John. 7. Flying Dutchwoman Fanny Blankers-Koen was the undisputed star of Londons second staging of the Games in 1948, but Gardner was only a split second behind her. She remains the only British female athlete to have won Olympic, world, European and Commonwealth titles in the same event, and the only woman to have done so over 400m. 219 competitors, 149 men and 70 women, took part in 145 events in 14 sports.. The sprint hurdler took up athletics after contracting pleurisy and pneumonia and was advised to try the sport to regain her strength. "[35], In 2023, Davies criticised sportswear brand Nike for using Dylan Mulvaney, a transgender woman, to model their products in an advertisement and called for a boycott.[36]. . Right IconThis ranking is based on an algorithm that combines various factors, including the votes of our users and search trends on the internet. In reaching the final of the 100m Backstroke in Beijing 2008 Gemma Spofforth became Britains first finalist in the event since 1984. She holds the distinction of being the first woman ever to become an Olympic champion with singles gold at the 1900 Games in Paris and was the first woman to represent Team GB too. Among them were BMX gold medals for Charlotte Worthington and Beth Shriever and a historic fifth Olympic gold for Laura Kenny in a majestic Madison with Katie Archibald. The last Briton to reach the 400m Individual Medley final isMax Litchfield in 2016. The following year, at age 15, she won gold medals at the Commonwealth Games in the 200 and 400-metre individual medleys and also a silver and a bronze medal. The governing body of swimming in the UK, British Swimming (organisation), organises annual British Championships in swimming.The event is usually held in March or April each year in a long course (50 m) swimming pool, with the results usually acting as selection trials for upcoming international level competitions due to be held in the following summer season. Duncan Cleworth. "Swimming." Polina Astakhova Medals: 5 Gold, 2 Silver, 3 Bronze = 37 points For number eight on our list, we have a tie between two great female athletes, Polina Astakhova and Raisa Smetanina. We are the home of British Swimming. Former World Champion Ben Proud added his name to the list thanks to posting a trials-winning time that would have earned him silver at the . British athletes have appeared in every Summer Olympic Games of the modern era, alongside Australia, France, Greece, and Switzerland. Florence Griffith-Joyner, Track and Field: 5 medals (3 G, 2 S) Known as much for her record-setting performances on the track as for her flashy style, "Flo-Jo" is considered to be the fastest woman. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. Read our cookies policy. [citation needed]. The Great Britain Swimming Team has won a total of 71 medals at the Olympic Games made up of 16 Gold, 27 Silver and 28 Bronze medals. Times, 30 May 1978, p. 6", "Hennessy, John. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Olympic_swimmers_of_Great_Britain&oldid=951855841, Summer Olympics competitors for Great Britain, Template Category TOC via CatAutoTOC on category with 301600 pages, CatAutoTOC generates standard Category TOC, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 19 April 2020, at 07:48. This page provides a list of the British divers who have participated in the Olympic Games . This list may not reflect recent changes. [13][14][15][16][17][18][19], In the 1993 New Year Honours, Davies was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire "for services to swimming".[20]. Her feat of winning the 400m Freestyle and the 800m Freestyle gave her the honour of being the first British swimmer to have won two gold medals since 1908 and the first Olympic Champion since 1988. [28][failed verification] In autumn 2006, she announced that she was three months pregnant after 8 rounds of IVF treatment, having been trying for a baby for four years and suffering two miscarriages. 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Outdoor Swimming Nationals and Olympic Trials in 1980, the scoreboard displaying his results flashed with 11 lines of times rather than the usual eight. The only male Backstroker to win a medal was Herbert Haresnape with a bronze in the 100m in 1908. In two Olympics, she competed in 11 events and won 11 medals, three gold. [27][bettersourceneeded] They were married in 2002 in Gloucestershire. Figure skater Colledge is the youngest athlete to have ever represented Team GB. It has been a big hurdle getting FINA to be the first governing body to do it, but the battle's not over yet. Also a proficient swimmer who won international titles in the water, she went on to compete at three further Games and did so at nearly 34 years of age in 1928. ERIC LIDDELL In 1924, devout Christian Liddell dropped his best event, the 100m, because . East German women dominated the swimming events, winning nine of eleven individual titles, both the relays and setting 6 world records. [citation needed], She set a record by swimming for the British national team at the age of 11. 1. The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 336 total. He won the 100 fly at the Seoul Olympics in 1988. [30], In 2019, Davies entered the debate about the participation by trans women in female sporting competitions, opposing such participation, saying that trans women hold a biological advantage in sports. Bengt Baron, winner of the 100-metre backstroke. James Carter (swimmer) Lisa Chapman. The gold medal made her the first British woman to win gold in an Olympic athletics discipline. The last Freestyle medallist was David Davies in Athens 2004 who won a bronze medal in the 1500m. 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In events up to 400m, those that finished 9th to 16th in the heats would swim in Final B for the 9th place after the swimmers from Final A swam. Davies is a current patron of the Disabled Sport England and SportsAid. "Selectors juggle numbers for Bonn." The governing body of swimming in the UK, British Swimming (organisation), organises annual British Championships in swimming. ", READ MORE: Charlotte Cooper, the original trailblazer of women's tennis. The Beijing Olympics also saw the inaugural 10km Marathon Swimming event which saw Keri-anne Payne and Cassandra Patten win two of the three medals on offer. Games Gold Silver Bronze 1988 Seoul details: Kristin Otto East . "She biked home from Wimbledon and found her brother at home pruning the roses. Margaret Hoelzer, United States - Hoelzer represented the United States at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games, with her biggest and . Joyce Cooper holds the record for the most Olympic swimming medals by a British woman with four: silver in the 400m Freestyle Relay in 1928, and three bronzes in the 100m Freestyle and 100m Backstroke also in 1928, plus the 400m Freestyle Relay four years later. They were divorced in 1991. Times, 24 May 1980, p. 17", "Hennessy, John. [8], In the latest development in the long story of the East German state-run doping programme, The Times broke the news in 2021 that there is a possibility that the bronze and silver medals won may be upgraded to Gold. In 1989, and training at Bracknell & Wokingham Swimming Club, she returned to the pool, where she picked up two more medals at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. Janet Evans. Sharron Davies MBE is a British. From one female athlete at Paris 1900 to more women than men for the first time at Tokyo 2020, the growth of Team GB has been powered by its female contingent. James Goddard and Liam Tancock both reached the 200m Individual Medley final in 2008. Twelve cyclists represented Great Britain in 1980. . When he asked what she'd been doing she replied, 'I've just won the Championship', at which point he said nothing, turned and went back to pruning his roses. By the time she finally retired for good in 1994, she had been a British champion on 22 occasions and had broken two hundred British swimming records and 5 World Masters records (eligible to those over 30). William Henry is the oldest GB swimming medallist with bronze in the relay in 1906 aged 47 while Sarah Hardcastle is the youngest at age 15 winning silver in 1984. This category includes swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. In reaching the final of the 100m Backstroke in Beijing 2008 Liam Tancock became Britains first finalist in the event since 1980. Charlotte Dujardin won dressage bronze to become the most decorated British female Olympian, as Team GB's swimmers secured gold to take Britain's medal tally to 16 on day five in Tokyo. Overview: Adrian David Moorhouse MBE (born 24 May 1964) is an English former competitive swimmer who dominated British swimming in the late 1980s. 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British Swimminguse cookies on our websiteto give you the best possible experience. The largest Swimming Team at an Olympics was in 1976 when GB took 39 different swimmers to Montreal, the smallest squad was the six participants in Athens in 1906. [6], At 18, Davies called time on the first stage of her swimming career to build her television profile and a career in modelling. [5], She learned to swim at the age of six and was training seriously two years later. Rio saw the Swimming Team came home with one gold and five silver medals. @chazworther nails the first 360 backflip - a trick never landed before in a women's competition - to claim gold. MEN'S OLYMPIC FACTS Great Britain have won ten Olympic gold medals in the men's event: John Jarvis in both the 100m Freestyle and 400m Freestyle in 1900, Henry Taylor in both the 400m and . The Noughties heralded an initial explosion of Olympic success for British female athletes. 1. Sun Sign: Aquarius. She broke the world record to win long jump gold, snatched silver in the pentathlon and bronze in the 4x100m relay, showing an incredible range of form and talent. There was a boycott of the opening ceremony with Britain being represented solely by the General Secretary of the British Olympic Association, Dick Palmer, carrying the Olympic flag, and no athletes being present. It was valued by BBC expert Adam Schoon at 15,000. [31] Olympic medal-winning sports people in support of this position include: Sally Gunnell and Nicola Adams. Rebecca Adlington. Eleven fencers, six men and five women, represented Great Britain in 1980. On International Womens Day, here is a look at some great British women who have made Olympic history down the decades. When a. In 1994 they were married in Northampton, and had two children. The event is usually held in March or April each year in a long course (50m) swimming pool, with the results usually acting as selection trials for upcoming international level competitions due to be held in the following summer season.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10]. In the 1980s, Davies lived with and was engaged to Neil Adams[24] an Olympic and World Championship medallist in judo. It was held in the Swimming Pool of the Olimpiysky Sports Complex between July 20 and July 27. 4. The womens pair gold famously broke the seal on the London 2012 medal rush and the duo returned to defend their title at Rio 2016. But Adlingtons double gold in Beijing took some beating in a sport where Britains women had conspicuously struggled for decades. Sheen, a dental surgeon, settled in New York and set up an orthodontics practice alongside her husband. [32], She became involved in the question of trans women in sport, not because of trans women themselves but rather because at the 1980 Olympics she lost out on gold to Schneider who, along with other East German athletes, had been put on testosterone to enhance their performances through doping. As one of three countries to have appeared at every single Olympic Games, Great Britain boasts a long lineage of trailblazing women. June Croft swam in a British womens swimming record eight Olympic finals, three in 1980 in Moscow and five more 4 years later in Los Angeles. With your permission, analytics and functional cookies may be set by us or by athirdparty providerto further improve the user experience and enhance our website. Right IconThis ranking is based on an algorithm that combines various factors, including the votes of our users and search trends on the internet. Official British Olympic Association Report of the 1980 Games, published 1981, ISSN 0143-4799; Boycott Stanley Clarke (swimmer) Andrew Clayton. "Swimming." 26. Tony Duffy/Allsport Olympic Medals 5 7 9 Games Breakdown Athletics 4 2 4 Boxing 1 Judo 1 1 Rowing 1 2 Swimming 1 3 1 Get Inspired Latest News Latest News Shop No Backstroker has won a medal since Natalie Steward took silver in the 100m in 1960. She was the only non-American winner of a womens swimming title at that Games - Mortons win was so unexpected that the British national anthem wasnt ready to be played and a correctly-sized flag couldnt be found for the victory ceremony. Find out more about Swimming at the Olympics and Great Britain's successes at the Games. Sheila Clayton. Hannah Mills also became the most decorated female sailor in Olympic history with 470 gold alongside Eilidh McIntyre. Gunnells dominance of womens endurance hurdling in this decade spoke for itself. In partial support of the American-led boycott, the UK government allowed its athletes to choose whether to compete. Following in Rands footsteps, Peters redefined womens multi-eventing and delivered the performance of her life on the biggest possible stage at Munich 1972. Swimming at the 1980 Summer Olympics; Pages in category "Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 336 total. Denise Lewis, Shirley Robertson, Victoria Pendleton and Christine Ohuruogu were among those to dazzle with gold at the Games. Peters remained in track & field for many years after her crowning glory as a team manager, including at the Olympic Games. She has also been a World Masters Record Holder. [35] In the same article, she stated: "This month we saw an athlete, Lia Thomas, who was an average club swimmer as a man claim an NCAA title as the US No 1 woman with 20 years of male development in the tank. Because the number of participants was reduced by the boycott, FINA broke format by doing away with the semifinals. Having been devastated not to make the final at Moscow 1980, Sanderson became the first British female to win an Olympic title with gold in LA four years later. Great Britain has won six gold medals in the womens program: the 4x100m Freestyle Relay team in 1912, Lucy Morton in the 200m Breaststroke in 1924, Judith Grinham in the 100m Backstroke in 1956, Anita Lonsborough in the 200m Breaststroke in 1960 and Rebecca Adlington in both the 400m Freestyle and 800m Freestyle in 2008. Sharron Elizabeth Davies, MBE (born 1 November 1962) is an English former competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympics and European championships[1] and competed for England in the Commonwealth Games. Rebecca Adlington made headlines with her double-gold win at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, in which she aced both the 400m and 800m freestyle events. Times, 17 July 1989, p. 31", "Olympian Sharron Davies launches new online training class", "Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies separates from her third husband", "Make Christmas Villages easily with My Village", "I'm supporting @KemiBadenoch a fresh, brave & intelligent woman who's prepared to tackle issues head on so many have ignored for too long, total transparency & integrity. 1994 a "British Girls of Sport" calendar (wearing sexy outfits to raise money for the Sports Aid Foundation). Formerly ranked . Great Britain has been represented in the 200m Freestyle final in the past five Olympics. Davies has broken or re broken many British records whilst competing and winning[7][8] For medals table see right. (British Former Competitive Swimmer) 23. Born on 28th August 1971, Janet Beth Evans is a former American swimmer, world champion, and world record-holder in distance freestyle events. This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in swimming. This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in swimming. This category has only the following subcategory. See also. She then became the first British woman to win two swimming medals when she won gold as part of the 4 x 100 metres freestyle relay team a couple of days later. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. [1], In partial support of the American-led boycott, the UK government allowed its athletes to choose whether to compete. 10 Greatest Female Swimmers who have never won Olympic gold. [12], At the ASA National British Championships she won 22 titles - the 100 metres freestyle title in 1978, 200 metres freestyle title in 1977 and 1978, 400 metres freestyle title in 1977, 1978 and 1979, 800 metres freestyle title in 1978, 200 metres backstroke title in 1976, 1977 and 1978, 200 metres medley title in 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1989 and 1992, 400 metres medley title in 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 and 1980 and the 50 metres butterfly title in 1992. We are the home of British Swimming. The then-28-year-old beat Romanias Olga Orban to take victory in the foil. Olympic gold medalists such as John Naber, Peter Rocca, John Hencken, and Shirley Babashoff earned a lot of applause, along with the women's team, which had beaten the fiercely powerful East German team in the 4 x 100m freestyle relay final. The first black swimmer to win an Olympic swimming gold was Anthony Nesty, who competed for the nation of Suriname in the 1980s. Whites story is little known but her name lives on in the sport to this day. Team GB have won gold at the last four Olympic Winter Games and all of those have been won by female athletes. Birthdate: February 17, 1989. They divorced in 2000. Great Britain (specifically known as Great Britain and Northern Ireland), the team of the British Olympic Association (BOA) which represents the United Kingdom, is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. East Germany became an Olympic powerhouse in the pool in the 1970s and 1980s, and their incredible successalong with certain physical characteristicsraised suspicions of steroid use. Jrg Woithe, winner of the 100-metre freestyle. This would continue as the Olympic format up to the 1996 Olympic Games. There was a total of 333 participants from 41 countries competing. She was also a presenter at London's Olympics Handover Party in, This page was last edited on 29 April 2023, at 17:45. Jemma Lowe reached the 100m final in Beijing 2008 while the last finalist in the 200m event was Samantha Purvis in 1984. A Look At How Olympic Swimsuits Have Changed Over The Past 125 Years From knee-length swim costumes to daring speedos, Olympic swimsuits have evolved quite dramatically by Morgan Brinlee Aug.. This category includes swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. [26], Davies's third marriage was to British Airways pilot Tony Kingston. "Swimming." Glover would also compete at Tokyo 2020 as the first mother to represent Team GB in rowing. She has twin brothers. Official Swimming results from the Moscow 1980 Olympics. Morton was never earmarked as the first British woman to win an individual Olympic swimming title. This time it was the turn of Eve Muirhead, Vicky Wright, Jennifer Dodds and Hailey Duff who beat Japan in the final to claim Britains first womens curling gold since 2002. After retiring at 23, she has worked for BBC as a sports pundit and participated in shows such as I'm a CelebrityGet Me Out of Here! But she did just that in the 200m breaststroke at Paris 1924, surging to gold as Britains world record holder Irene Gilbert languished in fifth place. Giving birth at 44 doesn't worry me. The only male Individual Medley swimmer to win a medal is Neil Cochran with a bronze in the 200m event in 1984. Diving at the Olympics in Whites day was completely different to what we know - and arguably more challenging, with divers competing on both 10 metre and 5 metre platforms. Since retiring from the sport, she has worked for various media organisations and programmes. Vote for Your Favourite British Female Swimmers, Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Baroness Masham of Ilton, (English Swimmer and Member of the House of Lords, Lord Temporal), (British CompetitiveSwimmer and Olympic Gold Medallist). Note: swimmers who swam only in preliminary rounds also received medals. She moved to Port of Plymouth Swimming Association when she was eight and was coached for the first year first by Ray Bickley then by her father Terry Davies who became a coach. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. That amazing Games earned her the Sports Personality of the Year award, the second woman to win it after Anita Lonsbrough did so in 1962. Davies won silver for Great Britain in the 400m individual medley in Moscow . He represented Great Britain at the 1980 Moscow Olympics where he won a gold medal and a silver medal in the 100 . 4. Birthplace: Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. Paul Marshall was the British Olympic team's first black swimmer in 1980, and Dearing says it is a shame it has taken four decades for black women to be represented. Welcome to the home of our senior British athletes. Women. Declared completely deaf at the age of 26, Coopers achievements on the tennis court still ring out more than a century later. The last male gold medallist was Adam Peaty who claimed the 100m Breaststroke crown at Rio 2016. At the 2008 Beijing Games, Rebecca Adlington became Britains most successful swimmer for 100 years when she won two gold medals. Mortons Olympic gold medal was a guest star on Antiques Roadshow in 2020 when granddaughter Julia took it on the show for inspection.
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