Margaret Edwards

This article is about the swimmer. For the American librarian, see Margaret A. Edwards. For the Aboriginal Australian activist, see Joe McGinness.

Margaret Edwards
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1939-03-28) 28 March 1939
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBackstroke
ClubHeston S.C.
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1956 Melbourne 100 m backstroke
European Championships - Long Course
Silver medal – second place 1958 Budapest 100 m backstroke
Representing  England
Gold medal – first place 1958 Cardiff 440 yd medley relay
Silver medal – second place 1958 Cardiff 110 yd backstroke

Margaret Edwards (born 28 March 1939) is an English former competitive swimmer.

Early life

Edwards was born on 28 March 1939.[1]

She attended Greens Grammar School, in west London, now called The Green School for Girls.[2]

Swimming career

She represented Great Britain at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, where she won a bronze medal in the women's 100-metre backstroke in the time of 1:13.1.[3]

In May 1958 she took part in the Empire Games trials in Blackpool[4] and subsequently competed at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, where she won a gold medal and a silver medal in the women's 440-yard medley relay and 110-yard backstroke respectively, while representing England.[5][6][7] At the ASA National British Championships she won the 110 yards backstroke title twice (1959, 1961).[8][9]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Margaret Edwards". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
  2. ^ Daily Herald Tuesday 4 December 1956, page 10
  3. ^ "Margaret Edwards". www.databaseolympics.com. Archived from the original on 8 March 2007. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
  4. ^ "Sykes and Symonds chosen for trials". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 28 May 1958. p. 11. Retrieved 16 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
  6. ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
  7. ^ "Margaret Edwards". www.sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
  8. ^ ""Best Swimmers Prove IT." Times, 7 Sept. 1959, p. 15". Times Digital Archive. Archived from the original on 24 August 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  9. ^ ""Miss Edwards Ends As Champion." Times, 1 Sept. 1961, p. 4". Times Digital Archive.


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