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Nan Rae

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Nan Rae
Personal information
National teamUnited Kingdom Great Britain
Scotland Scotland
Born (1944-01-14) 14 January 1944 (age 80)
Motherwell, Scotland
Height1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
SportSwimming
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1958 Budapest 400 m freestyle

A. W. "Nan" Rae (born 13 January 1944) is a Scottish former competitive swimmer.

Swimming career

She won a bronze medal in the women's 400-metre freestyle at the 1958 European Aquatics Championships.[1] She finished sixth in the same event at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.[2]

She won the 1961 ASA National Championship 220 yards freestyle title and the 440 yards freestyle.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ Nancy RAE. les-sports.info
  2. ^ Nan Rae. sports-reference.com
  3. ^ ""Swimmers Beat Four Records." Times, 2 Sept. 1961, p. 4". Times Digital Archive.
  4. ^ ""Miss Edwards To Retire." Times, 30 Aug. 1961, p. 4". Times Digital Archive.