Sheila Watt
Appearance
![]() Watt in 1960 | |
Personal information | |
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Nationality | Scottish |
Born | Pitapuram, Madras Presidency, British India[1] | 27 January 1941
Died | 10 March 2023 Aberdeen, Scotland | (aged 82)
Height | 164 cm (5 ft 5 in) |
Weight | 64 kg (141 lb) |
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Strokes | Butterfly |
Sheila Watt (later Duthie; 27 January 1941 – 10 March 2023) was a British butterfly swimmer.
Swimming career
[edit]Watt competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics in the individual 100 m butterfly and 4 × 100 m medley relay and finished in fourth and fifth place, respectively. She competed for Scotland at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1958 and 1962.[2][1]
Swimming for the Thistle Club she won the ASA National British Championships in 1958, 1959 and 1960, competing in the 100 metres butterfly competition.[3][4][5]
Sheila Watt died in Aberdeen on 10 March 2023, at the age of 82.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Trip to Russia. The Glasgow Herald. 11 April 1961
- ^ Sheila Watt. sports-reference.com
- ^ "From Our Swimming Correspondent. "Greater Triumphs Ahead For Miss Steward." Times, 26 Sept. 1960, p. 5". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ ""Best Swimmers Prove IT." Times, 7 Sept. 1959, p. 15". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ ""Black Gains Four Swimming Titles." Times, 25 Aug. 1958, p. 4". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Aberdeen Olympic swimmer Sheila Watt dies age 82". The Press & Journal. 5 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
Categories:
- 1941 births
- 2023 deaths
- Sportspeople from Aberdare
- Scottish female butterfly swimmers
- Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
- Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Scotland
- Swimmers at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Swimmers at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- British female butterfly swimmers
- People from East Godavari district
- People from British India
- British swimming biography stubs