Dorothy Harrison

Dorothy Elizabeth Harrison (born 16 March 1950) is a retired English international swimmer.

Dorothy Harrison
Personal information
Full nameDorothy Elizabeth Harrison
National teamGreat Britain
Born (1950-03-16) 16 March 1950
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight51 kg (112 lb; 8.0 st)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubHartlepool SC
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Great Britain
European Championships
1970 Barcelona 200 m breaststroke
Representing  England
British Commonwealth Games
1970 Edinburgh 100m breaststroke
1970 Edinburgh 200m breaststroke
1970 Edinburgh 4 x 100m medley relay

Swimming career

She represented Great Britain in the Olympic Games and European championships and won a bronze medal in the 200-metre breaststroke at the 1970 European Aquatics Championships.[1] She competed in five breaststroke and medley relay events at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics; her best achievements were sixth place in the 4×100-metre medley relay in 1968 and eighth place in the 100-metre breaststroke in 1972.[2] In the medley relay she competed with Margaret Auton, Wendy Burrell and Alexandra Jackson.[3]

She also represented England and won three silver medals in the 100 and 200 metres breaststroke events and the 4 x 100 metres medley relay, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[4][5][6]

At the ASA National British Championships she won the 100 metres breaststroke title in 1971 [7] and the 220 yards/200 metres breaststroke titles in 1969, 1970 and 1971.[8][9][10]

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References
  1. Dorothy HARRISON. les-sports.info
  2. Dorothy Harrison. sports-reference.com
  3. Medley relay results, Sports reference
  4. "1970 Athletes". Team England.
  5. "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
  6. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  7. "Fox, Norman. "Swimming." Times, 9 Aug. 1971, p. 9". Times Digital Archive.
  8. ""Swimming." Times, 11 Aug. 1969, p. 9". Times Digital Archive.
  9. ""Swimming." Times, 10 Aug. 1970, p. 10". Times Digital Archive.
  10. "Fox, Norman. "Brinkley on target, June Green aims high." Times, 6 Aug. 1971, p. 8". Times Digital Archive.
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