Elizabeth Church

Elizabeth Mabel Church (born 11 March 1930) is a female British former swimmer.

Elizabeth Church
Personal information
Born (1930-03-11) 11 March 1930
Marylebone, London, England
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Swimming
Representing  England
British Empire Games
Bronze medal – third place 1950 Auckland220y Breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 1950 Auckland330y Medley Relay

Swimming career

Church competed in the women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1] She represented England and won a silver medal in the 330 yard Medley Relay and a bronze medal in the 220 yard Breaststroke at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[2][3] At the ASA National British Championships she won the 220 yards breaststroke title in 1947 and 1948.[4]

References
  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Elizabeth Church Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 September 2016.
  2. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  3. "1950 Athletes". Team England.
  4. ""Swimming." Times, 12 July 1948, p. 2". Times Digital Archive.


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