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Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. Vladimir Salnikov, winner of the 400-metre freestyle, 1500-metre freestyle, and 4200-metre freestyle relay. too, is a star athlete. Full list of gold, silver and bronze medallists as well as photos and videos of medal-winning moments. 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. 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. The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 513 total. 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. Times, 17 July 1989, p. 31", "Olympian Sharron Davies launches new online training class", "Olympic swimmer Sharron Davies separates from her third husband", "Make Christmas Villages easily with My Village", "I'm supporting @KemiBadenoch a fresh, brave & intelligent woman who's prepared to tackle issues head on so many have ignored for too long, total transparency & integrity. 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 . 7. Peters remained in track & field for many years after her crowning glory as a team manager, including at the Olympic Games. 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. Denise Lewis, Shirley Robertson, Victoria Pendleton and Christine Ohuruogu were among those to dazzle with gold at the Games. [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]. The Noughties heralded an initial explosion of Olympic success for British female athletes. Moscow 1980 Swimming - Olympic Results by Discipline 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 . After retiring at 23, she has worked for BBC as a sports pundit and participated in shows such as I'm a CelebrityGet Me Out of Here! See also. @chazworther nails the first 360 backflip - a trick never landed before in a women's competition - to claim gold. [6], At 18, Davies called time on the first stage of her swimming career to build her television profile and a career in modelling. Davies has broken or re broken many British records whilst competing and winning[7][8] For medals table see right. Vote for Your Favourite British Female Swimmers, Susan Cunliffe-Lister, Baroness Masham of Ilton, (English Swimmer and Member of the House of Lords, Lord Temporal), (British CompetitiveSwimmer and Olympic Gold Medallist). 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. [33], In 2022, Davies alleged that trans women hold a potential biological male performance advantage at the elite level of 1020% over cisgender females and called for women's sport to exclude XY chromosome athletes. In the 1980s, Davies lived with and was engaged to Neil Adams[24] an Olympic and World Championship medallist in judo. 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. This category has only the following subcategory. Davies gave birth to her third child on 30 January 2007. Instead, the top 8 finishers from the heats qualified directly for the final, or final A as it was called. Glover would also compete at Tokyo 2020 as the first mother to represent Team GB in rowing. Twelve cyclists represented Great Britain in 1980. Find out more about the Marathon Swimming and the history of the discipline. How Olympic Swimsuits Have Changed Over The Years - Romper The governing body of swimming in the UK, British Swimming (organisation), organises annual British Championships in swimming. Here you are able to discover more about our elite swimmers - from their national and international achievements to where you will be able to see them in action next. [citation needed]. Hertha "Hedy" Bienenfeld Wertheimer of Austria at the 1928 Games in Amsterdam. "Swimming." In the excitement of the victory, the British team manager rushed to congratulate her and only narrowly avoided being impaled on her sword. Jemma Lowe reached the 100m final in Beijing 2008 while the last finalist in the 200m event was Samantha Purvis in 1984. As one of three countries to have appeared at every single Olympic Games, Great Britain boasts a long lineage of trailblazing women. 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. Shortcuts to Gold: 9 Cheaters in Olympic History The gold medal made her the first British woman to win gold in an Olympic athletics discipline. Read our cookies policy. "Swimming." Rebecca Adlington. 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. 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. Famous British Female Swimmers - The Famous People 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. Mark Blenkarne missed winning a medal in the men's competition by only three points, by far the most successful result for Great Britain since archery was returned to the Olympic schedule. This list may not reflect recent changes. Since retiring from the sport, she has worked for various media organisations and programmes. 219 competitors, 149 men and 70 women, took part in 145 events in 14 sports.. Hannah Mills also became the most decorated female sailor in Olympic history with 470 gold alongside Eilidh McIntyre. East German women dominated the swimming events, winning nine of eleven individual titles, both the relays and setting 6 world records. [4][5] Her father was never selected as an international coach because he spoke out about East German cheating. The only male Backstroker to win a medal was Herbert Haresnape with a bronze in the 100m in 1908. [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. . 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The last Briton to reach the 400m Individual Medley final isMax Litchfield in 2016. British Olympic Gold Medallists 1896-2014 | Swimming Figure skater Colledge is the youngest athlete to have ever represented Team GB. Formerly ranked . 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. 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. Official Swimming results from the Moscow 1980 Olympics. 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. In partial support of the American-led boycott, the UK government allowed its athletes to choose whether to compete. [5], She learned to swim at the age of six and was training seriously two years later. Because the number of participants was reduced by the boycott, FINA broke format by doing away with the semifinals. 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. Davies won silver for Great Britain in the 400m individual medley in Moscow . She was also a presenter at London's Olympics Handover Party in, This page was last edited on 29 April 2023, at 17:45. Defined in the public eye by a fierce domestic rivalry with Fatima Whitbread, Sanderson would become the second track & field athlete from any nation to reach six Olympics. Davies has attended 12 consecutive Olympic Games, competing in three games[2] and then working in the media for the BBC Sport. [26], Davies's third marriage was to British Airways pilot Tony Kingston. 12 of the best British female Olympians of all time - Stylist Great Britain (specifically known as Great Britain and Northern Ireland), the team of the British Olympic Association (BOA) which represents the United Kingdom, is scheduled to compete at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. She was the youngest competitor from any nation at the 1932 Olympics in Lake Placid, competing in the singles event at the age of only 11. He won the 100 fly at the Seoul Olympics in 1988. [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. 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. At the 2008 Beijing Games, Rebecca Adlington became Britains most successful swimmer for 100 years when she won two gold medals. British divers in the Olympic Games - Olympian Database 219 competitors, 149 men and 70 women, took part in 145 events in 14 sports. 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. Georgia Coates. [1], In partial support of the American-led boycott, the UK government allowed its athletes to choose whether to compete. 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. For venues and dates see British Swimming Championships. Because the number of participants was reduced by the boycott, FINA broke format by doing away with . Rebecca Adlington. [27][bettersourceneeded] They were married in 2002 in Gloucestershire. Team GB have won gold at the last four Olympic Winter Games and all of those have been won by female athletes. Her feat of winning the 400m Freestyle and the 800m Freestyle gave her the honour of being the first British swimmer to have won two gold medals since 1908 and the first Olympic Champion since 1988. Davies was born in Plymouth, Devon, and grew up in Plymouth and Plymstock. Famous British Athletes - The Famous People 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. Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1980. The last womens Breaststroke medallist was in 1960 when Anita Lonsborough struck gold. No Backstroker has won a medal since Natalie Steward took silver in the 100m in 1960. 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Sebastian Coe of Great Britain raises his arms in celebration as he crosses the finish line to win the men's 1500m race at the 1980 Summer Olympic Games in Moscow. Diving 1980: Springboard M: GBR: Christopher Snode; Springboard W: GBR: Deborah Jay; Alison Drake; Platform M: GBR: . Top 100 greatest Great Britain Olympians - The Sun | The Sun There has been considerable interest in the age and physical characteristics of swimmers competing at the Olympic Games or World Championships over many decades (see Table 1).Early studies examining only amateur athletes include those by Cureton, 7 de Garay et al., 8 and Novak et al. The original golden girl of British athletics, Mary Rand delivered one of the great performances from a British female athlete at Tokyo 1964. Right IconThis ranking is based on an algorithm that combines various factors, including the votes of our users and search trends on the internet. 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Giving birth at 44 doesn't worry me. Tokyo Olympics: Charlotte Dujardin sets British record and Tom Dean 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. 10. Men. Games Gold Silver Bronze 1988 Seoul details: Kristin Otto East . [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. That amazing Games earned her the Sports Personality of the Year award, the second woman to win it after Anita Lonsbrough did so in 1962. Language links are at the top of the page across from the title. 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. Davies is a current patron of the Disabled Sport England and SportsAid. Jrg Woithe, winner of the 100-metre freestyle. The Belle White Trophy is still awarded to the top female team at the English Age Group Championships. Outdoor Swimming Nationals and Olympic Trials in 1980, the scoreboard displaying his results flashed with 11 lines of times rather than the usual eight. 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