Jump to content

Susan Williams (swimmer)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Susan Williams
Personal information
Born (1952-03-18) 18 March 1952 (age 72)
Exeter, England
Sport
SportSwimming

Susan E Williams (born 18 March 1952) is a British former international swimmer.

Swimming career

[edit]

She competed in four events at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[1]

She represented England in the freestyle and medley events, at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.[2][3] Four years later she represented England in the butterfly and freestyle events, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[4][5][6]

She won the 1967 ASA National British Championships over 200 metres freestyle, was the 400 metres freestyle champion in 1967 and 1969 and won the 800 metres freestyle in 1967 and 1969.[7][8][9] She also won the 440 yards medley in 1966.[10]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Susan Williams Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2016.
  2. ^ "1966 Athletes". Team England.
  3. ^ "Kingston, Jamaica, 1966 Team". Team England.
  4. ^ "1970 Athletes". Team England.
  5. ^ "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
  6. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  7. ^ ""Schoolgirls dead heat." Times, 12 Aug. 1967, p. 13". Times Digital Archive.
  8. ^ "FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT. "Challenging For World Title." Times, 9 Aug. 1967, p. 9". Times Digital Archive.
  9. ^ ""Schoolgirls Break 12 Records." Times, 11 Aug. 1967, p. 12". Times Digital Archive.
  10. ^ ""A.S.A. lift ban on Finnigan." Times, 9 Sept. 1966, p. 6". Times Digital Archive.