Margaret Edwards
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| Full name | Margaret Edwards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 March 1939 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Heston S.C. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Margaret Edwards (born 28 March 1939)[1] is an English former competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, where she won a bronze medal in the women's 100-metre backstroke in the time of 1:13.1.[2] Also, at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, she won a silver medal in the women's 110-yard backstroke while representing England.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Margaret Edwards". www.sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
- ^ "Margaret Edwards". www.databaseolympics.com. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
- ^ "Margaret Edwards". www.sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2008-08-21.
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