Elizabeth Church

Elizabeth Church

Personal information
Born	(1930-03-11) 11 March 1930 (age 94) Marylebone, London, England
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Medal record Swimming Representing  England British Empire Games 1950 Auckland 220y Breaststroke 1950 Auckland 330y Medley Relay

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

Early life

She grew up at Harpole Grange, in Harpole in Northamptonshire, the daughter of Mr Dudley R Church, who owned the property from 1940. Her father married (Louise) Betty Skinner, at St Mary-le-Bow, on 1 June 1929. Her mother died on 18 October 1992.^[1] Her grandfather (Thomas) Dudley Church was one of three brothers (William and Alfred) who owned Church's shoes in Northampton.

Swimming career

Church competed in the women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1948 Summer Olympics.^[2] 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.^[3][4] At the ASA National British Championships she won the 220 yards breaststroke title in 1947 and 1948.^[5]

See also

• Jacqueline Enfield

References

1. Northampton Chronicle Tuesday 20 October 1992, page 8
2. 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.
3. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
4. "1950 Athletes". Team England.
5. ""Swimming." Times, 12 July 1948, p. 2". The Times. 12 July 1948. p. 2.

External links

Elizabeth Church at World Aquatics

• Elizabeth Church at Olympedia
• Elizabeth Church at Team GB