Lillian Preece
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| Born | 1 April 1928 Stockport, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | July 2004 Harare, Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
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Lillian Preece married name Parrington (1 April 1928 – July 2004) was a British swimmer. She competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]
She also represented England and won a bronze medal in the 440 Yard Freestyle Relay at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand.[2][3] She won the 1952 ASA National Championship 220 yards freestyle title.[4]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lillian Preece Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1950 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ ""Swimming." Times, 26 Sept. 1952, p. 10". Times Digital Archive.
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