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Shelagh Ratcliffe
Personal information
Born (1952-01-25) 25 January 1952 (age 72)
Liverpool, England
Height1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
ClubEverton Swimming Club, Liverpool
Medal record
Representing  England
British Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1970 Edinburgh 200m medley
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Edinburgh 400m medley
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Barcelona 200 m medley
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Barcelona 400 m medley

Shelagh Hudson Ratcliffe (born 25 January 1952) is a retired British swimmer.

Swimming career

She won bronze medals in the 200 metres and 400 metres medley at the 1970 European Aquatics Championships.[1] She competed in these events at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics and finished fifth in the 400 m medley in 1968.[2]

She also represented England and won a silver medal in the 200 metres medley and a bronze medal in the 400 metres medley, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[3][4][5] At the ASA National British Championships she won the 1969 220 yards freestyle title [6] and was eight times champion in the medley events winning both the 220 yards medley and 440 yards medley titles in 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1970.[7][8][9]

She retired in 1973 to pursue a career in business.[10]

References

  1. ^ Shelagh RATCLIFFE. les-sports.info
  2. ^ Shelagh Ratcliffe. sports-reference.com
  3. ^ "1970 Athletes". Team England.
  4. ^ "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
  5. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  6. ^ "STILL, ATHOLE. "Swimming." Times, 9 Aug. 1969, p. 5". Times Digital Archive.
  7. ^ ""Four new caps." Times, 14 Aug. 1967, p. 12". Times Digital Archive.
  8. ^ ""Swimming." Times, 11 Aug. 1969, p. 9". Times Digital Archive.
  9. ^ ""Swimming." Times, 10 Aug. 1970, p. 10". Times Digital Archive.
  10. ^ David Prentice (16 May 2012). Merseyside’s 100 Olympians: No.72 Shelagh Ratcliffe. Liverpool Echo

See also

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