Lillian Preece married name Parrington (1 April 1928 – July 2004) was a British swimmer. She competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]
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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1 April 1928 Stockport, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | July 2004 Harare, Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Wallasey | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Biography
editAt the 1948 Olympic Games in London, she competed in the 100 metre freestyle and the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay.[2]
She represented the English team[3] at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand,[4] where she won the bronze medal in the 440 Yard freestyle relay.[5][6][7]
She won the 1952 ASA National Championship 220 yards freestyle title.[8]
At the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, she competed in three events; the 100 metre freestyle, 400 metre freestyle and the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay.[2]
References
edit- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lillian Preece Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- 1 2 "Biographical information". Olympedia. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
- ↑ "Jack Hale for Empire Games". Hull Daily Mail. 6 October 1949. Retrieved 14 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Jack Archer will fly to Games". Nottingham Journal. 7 December 1949. Retrieved 14 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 14 September 2025.
- ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ↑ "1950 Athletes". Team England.
- ↑ ""Swimming." Times, 26 Sept. 1952, p. 10". The Times. 26 September 1952. p. 10.
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