Margaret McCallum was a Scottish competitive swimmer who specialsed in freestyle and represented Scotland at the 1934 British Empire Games (now Commonwealth Games), winning a bronze medal.
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | freestyle | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Renfrew Baths | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
editMcCallum was a member of the Renfrew Baths club and in 1932, she finished runner-up in the Scottish 200 yards freestyle championship.[1] She was the 1933 Scottish 100 yards freestyle junior champion and in addition to freestyle, was competent in both backstroke and breaststroke.[2]
She represented the Scottish team and won a bronze medal in the 3×110 yd medley relay event at the 1934 British Empire Games in London, England.[3][4]
In 1935, she was the Scottish breaststroke champion and record holder.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Madge McCallum" (PDF). Scottish Swim Archives. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
- ↑ "Attactive Swimming Gala". Hawick Express. 1 November 1934. Retrieved 24 August 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "England London 1934". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 17 June 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
- ↑ "M McCallum". Team Scotland. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
- ↑ "Swimming Notes". Falkirk Herald. 15 June 1935. Retrieved 24 August 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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