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Scottish swimmer
Margaret Girvan
Girvan at the 1950 British Empire Games
Born (1932-10-02 ) 2 October 1932Died 7 January 1979(1979-01-07) (aged 46)
[1] Sport
Swimming Strokes Freestyle, backstroke
Margaret Therese Girvan (2 October 1932 – 7 January 1979) was a Scottish
swimmer . Girvan competed for Great Britain in the 400 metre and 4 × 100 metres freestyle events at the
1956 Olympics and reached the final in the relay. She represented Scotland at the
British Empire Games in 1950, 1954 and 1958 and won one gold and two bronze medals.
[2] She won the 1956 ASA
National Championship 440 yards freestyle title.
[3]
References
1938 – 1954: 3×110 yards
1958 – 1966: 4×110 yards
1970 – present: 4×100 metres
1938:
Storey ,
Frampton ,
Hinton (
ENG )
1950:
Davies ,
McQuade ,
Lyons (
AUS )
1954:
Gordon ,
McDowell ,
Girvan (
SCO )
1958:
Grinham ,
Lonsbrough ,
Gosden ,
Wilkinson (
ENG )
1962:
Fraser ,
McGill ,
Ruygrok ,
Sergeant (
AUS )
1966:
Harris ,
Gegan ,
Ludgrove ,
Sillett (
ENG )
1970:
Mabb ,
Whitfield ,
Langford ,
Watson (
AUS )
1974:
Amundrud ,
Stuart ,
Stenhouse ,
Cook (
CAN )
1978:
Klimpel ,
Boivin ,
Stuart ,
Quirk (
CAN )
1982:
Ottenbrite ,
Gibson ,
New ,
MacPherson (
CAN )
1986:
Cooper ,
Fibbens ,
Hindmarch ,
Brownsdon (
ENG )
1990:
Van Wirdum ,
Hooiveld ,
Curry-Kenny ,
Livingstone (
AUS )
1994:
Van Wirdum ,
Stevenson ,
Thomas ,
Riley (
AUS )
1998:
Rooney ,
Denman ,
Thomas ,
O'Neill (
AUS )
2002:
Calub ,
Jones ,
Thomas ,
Henry (
AUS )
2006 :
Edington ,
Jones ,
Schipper ,
Lenton (
AUS )
2010 :
Seebohm ,
Jones ,
Schipper ,
Coutts (
AUS )
2014 :
Seebohm ,
Tonks ,
McKeon ,
C. Campbell (
AUS )
2018 :
Seebohm ,
Bohl ,
McKeon ,
B. Campbell (
AUS )
2022 :
K. McKeown ,
Hodges ,
E. McKeon ,
O'Callaghan (
AUS )