Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. By Ullstein Bild/Getty Images. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. Formerly ranked . Great Britain have won ten Olympic gold medals in the mens event: John Jarvis in both the 100m Freestyle and 400m Freestyle in 1900, Henry Taylor in both the 400m and 1500m Freestyle in 1908, Frederick Holman in the 200m Breaststroke in 1908, 4x100m Freestyle Relay in 1908, David Wilkie in the 200m Breaststroke in 1976, Duncan Goodhew in the 100m Breaststroke in 1980, Adrian Moorhouse in the 100m Breaststroke in 1988 and Adam Peaty in the100m Breaststroke in 2016. 50 years after first competing in the Olympic fencing programme, Sheen bagged Team GB their first gold. He won the gold medal in the 100-metre breaststroke at . [29], Davies is a supporter of the Conservative Party and endorsed Kemi Badenoch in the JulySeptember 2022 Conservative Party leadership election. [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. 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. Birthdate: February 17, 1989. [6], At 18, Davies called time on the first stage of her swimming career to build her television profile and a career in modelling. 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. Davies held the Commonwealth Record for 400-metre individual medley for 18 years. Sharron Davies MBE is a British. In two Olympics, she competed in 11 events and won 11 medals, three gold. too, is a star athlete. 10 Greatest Female Swimmers who have never won Olympic gold. Team GB has had a plethora of great female athletes in recent years. The sprint hurdler took up athletics after contracting pleurisy and pneumonia and was advised to try the sport to regain her strength. Birthplace: Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England. The original golden girl of British athletics, Mary Rand delivered one of the great performances from a British female athlete at Tokyo 1964. "[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]. Gunnells dominance of womens endurance hurdling in this decade spoke for itself. . 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. 9,10 During the 1980's and 90's, Olympic athletes were more frequently supported by their governments to . [1], In partial support of the American-led boycott, the UK government allowed its athletes to choose whether to compete. The Belle White Trophy is still awarded to the top female team at the English Age Group Championships. 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. Official British Olympic Association Report of the 1980 Games, published 1981, ISSN 0143-4799; Boycott [citation needed], In the 1980 Olympics, Davies took the silver medal in the 400m individual medley behind East German Petra Schneider, who later admitted that the victory was drug enhanced. This list may not reflect recent changes. At the 2008 Beijing Games, Rebecca Adlington became Britains most successful swimmer for 100 years when she won two gold medals. 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). 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. The 1980 Summer Olympics . They were divorced in 1991. Jemma Lowe reached the 100m final in Beijing 2008 while the last finalist in the 200m event was Samantha Purvis in 1984. 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. 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. Times, 24 May 1980, p. 17", "Hennessy, John. Vladimir Salnikov, winner of the 400-metre freestyle, 1500-metre freestyle, and 4200-metre freestyle relay. This is a list of the British champions in the events held at these annual championships. 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. Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. 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. [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]. Like Adlington, Glover broke the glass ceiling for British woman on the rowing lake as she became the nations first female Olympic champion in the sport alongside Heather Stanning. 4. (British Former Competitive Swimmer) 23. In the excitement of the victory, the British team manager rushed to congratulate her and only narrowly avoided being impaled on her sword. He was added in 2021 to the Coaches Association Hall of Fame. She was also the face of the Swim for Life charity event which raised total over 10m for many charities. Welcome to the home of our senior British athletes. In 1976, at age 13, Davies was selected to represent Great Britain at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. (British Former Competitive Swimmer) 23. 1976-1980: not included in the Olympic program: 1984 Los Angeles details: Tracy Caulkins Swimming. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:Swimmers_at_the_1980_Summer_Olympics&oldid=951872990, 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 09:39. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. 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. Coopers nephew Bob Beausire once recounted what his auntie, who was known to her loved ones as Chattie, did the first time she won. Initially trained as a ballet dancer, Gardner later founded and developed ballet schools in three English cities and Ottawa, Canada and was an overseas examiner for the Royal Academy. When a. Katarina Johnson-Thompson holds the British record for the women's pentathlon with 5,000 points. The Northern Irish star outlasted German favourites to break the pentathlon world record and win Britains first Olympic multi-event title. Denise Lewis, Shirley Robertson, Victoria Pendleton and Christine Ohuruogu were among those to dazzle with gold at the Games. Times, 26 May 1980, p. 11", "Downes, Steven. . Great Britain has never won an Olympic medal in either the 100m or 200m Butterfly events. Duncan Cleworth. 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. 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[34] In March, she wrote a column for The Times arguing that "trans women's" advantage is the result of going through male puberty, resulting in narrower angle between the hips and knees which testosterone reduction does not eliminate, and called for trans women to compete in an open category rather than being excluded from competition entirely. 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. Steve Parry is the last Butterfly medallist winning bronze in the 200m event in Athens 2004. This page provides a list of the British divers who have participated in the Olympic Games . In partial support of the American-led boycott, the UK government allowed its athletes to choose whether to compete. Davies won silver for Great Britain in the 400m individual medley in Moscow . Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. 8. Davies has broken or re broken many British records whilst competing and winning[7][8] For medals table see right. Davies was born in Plymouth, Devon, and grew up in Plymouth and Plymstock. She competed in three Olympic Games[2] over three decades, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, and only managed to place once. 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. Full list of gold, silver and bronze medallists as well as photos and videos of medal-winning moments. When David Sims held on for second place in the 1500-meter freestyle at the U.S. "Swimming." [citation needed]. Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1980. Great Britain has been represented in the 200m Freestyle final in the past five Olympics. Current program 50 metre freestyle. 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 . This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in swimming. June Croft swam in a British women's swimming record eight Olympic finals, three in 1980 in Moscow and five more 4 years later in Los Angeles. In 2005, Davies supported the British Olympic bid by profile-raising and appearing as spokesperson on BBC's Question Time where she made a strong case for bringing the games to London for 2012. So many women go through this as they leave it later to have babies." It has been a big hurdle getting FINA to be the first governing body to do it, but the battle's not over yet. 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. This category has only the following subcategory. 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. 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 Barbara Krause, winner of the 100-metre freestyle, 200-metre freestyle, and 4100-metre freestyle relay. He represented Great Britain at the 1980 Moscow Olympics where he won a gold medal and a silver medal in the 100 . Twelve cyclists represented Great Britain in 1980. Australian swimmers Mina Wylie and Fanny Durack at the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm. 1. 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Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. The performance of the Great Britain Swimming team at Rio 2016 is the most successful since 1908. "Swimming." Britain has had a finalist in the last two Olympics in the 200m Backstroke through Lizzie Simmonds (2008) and Katy Sexton (2004). Jennie Fletcher was the first British woman to win an Olympic swimming medal when she came third in the inaugural women's 100 metres freestyle at the 1912 Stockholm Olympics. Rio saw the Swimming Team came home with one gold and five silver medals. Petra Schneider, winner of the 400-metre individual medley. 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. 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. 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.. Birthdate: February 17, 1989. Swimming as usual was one of the three aquatics disciplines at the 1980 Summer Olympicsthe other two being Water Polo and Diving.It was held in the Swimming Pool of the Olimpiysky Sports Complex between July 20 and July 27. The governing body of swimming in the UK, British Swimming (organisation), organises annual British Championships in swimming. The event remains 'Open' which has resulted in many swimmers of various nationalities claiming the title over the years. The last Briton to reach the 400m Individual Medley final isMax Litchfield in 2016. Bengt Baron, winner of the 100-metre backstroke. [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. Born to a runner father and a swimmer mother, he was introduced to triathlon by Simon Hearnshaw, his . Declared completely deaf at the age of 26, Coopers achievements on the tennis court still ring out more than a century later. She split up with Kingston after seven years of marriage in 2009. This list may not reflect recent changes. 1. This would continue as the Olympic format up to the 1996 Olympic Games. 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. 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. 7. Sheen, a dental surgeon, settled in New York and set up an orthodontics practice alongside her husband. Times, 29 May 1978, p. 12", "Hennessy, John. Giving birth at 44 doesn't worry me. 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. 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. Davies gave birth to her third child on 30 January 2007. This information about British divers at the Olympic Games is based on the official olympic reports and the Olympian Database: Olympics Stanley Clarke (swimmer) Andrew Clayton. Its fair to say they were different times. Georgia Coates. Former swimmer Sharron Davies hopes she will be given the gold medal she feels is deserved from the 1980 Olympics. Janet Evans. The next year she won two bronze medals in the 1977 European Championships. [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. 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. Furthermore, the Olympic flag was raised for the British medal winners in place of the Union Flag, and the Olympic anthem was played instead of God Save the Queen for the five gold medalists.[2][3]. The success of British women at the Olympics in the late 20th century was all about track & field and Sanderson was the next to break new ground for Team GB. 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. 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. Gardner won silver in the 80 metres hurdles at her home Games, edged out by Blankers-Koen with both athletes initially credited with a joint world record of 11.2 seconds. [25], In 1992, she met athlete Derek Redmond at the Barcelona Olympics. This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in swimming. Richard Charlesworth (swimmer) Elizabeth Church. In the 1980s, Davies lived with and was engaged to Neil Adams[24] an Olympic and World Championship medallist in judo. 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. [31] Olympic medal-winning sports people in support of this position include: Sally Gunnell and Nicola Adams. The last womens Breaststroke medallist was in 1960 when Anita Lonsborough struck gold. 333 swimmers from 41 nations competed.[1]. Margaret Hoelzer, United States - Hoelzer represented the United States at the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games, with her biggest and . 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. Following in Rands footsteps, Peters redefined womens multi-eventing and delivered the performance of her life on the biggest possible stage at Munich 1972. 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. . Joining the four pre-selected swimmers, Adam Peaty, Duncan Scott, James Wilby and Luke Greenbank, who were named on the team back in January, are a further 24 athletes, taking the current team size to 28. 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This category includes swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. 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. The only male Individual Medley swimmer to win a medal is Neil Cochran with a bronze in the 200m event in 1984. 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. 219 competitors, 149 men and 70 women, took part in 145 events in 14 sports. 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. Outdoor Swimming Nationals and Olympic Trials in 1980, the scoreboard displaying his results flashed with 11 lines of times rather than the usual eight. 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. 10. British Swimminguse cookies on our websiteto give you the best possible experience. 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. ", READ MORE: Charlotte Cooper, the original trailblazer of women's tennis. In the leadup to the Trials, the event's organizers had rigged the board at Heritage Park Aquatics Complex in Irvine, Calif., to show not only the times of the . The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 336 total. The then-28-year-old beat Romanias Olga Orban to take victory in the foil. 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. The success of British women at the Olympics in the late 20th century was all about track & field and Sanderson was the next to break new ground for Team GB. In the third appearance by Great Britain in modern Olympic archery, two men and two women represented the country. Gunnell scorched to a convincing Olympic victory at Barcelona 1992 and broke the world record a year later. Whites story is little known but her name lives on in the sport to this day. 4. Right IconThis ranking is based on an algorithm that combines various factors, including the votes of our users and search trends on the internet. He won the 100 . 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.
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