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Anita Lonsbrough, MBE (born 10
August 1941 in York),
later known by her
married name
Anita Porter, is an
English former swimmer from
Great Britain who...
- was the
first woman to win
swimming gold for
Great Britain since Anita Lonsbrough in 1960. She was the
first British swimmer to win more than one gold medal...
- 1976, the
first British swimmer to win an
Olympic gold
medal since Anita Lonsbrough in 1960. He is the only
person to have held British, Commonwealth, European...
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Porter from the
world of cycling, the
Olympic medallist swimmer Anita Lonsbrough,
professional darts player Wayne Jones,
racing driver and
winner of the...
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David Broome BBC
Sports Personality of the Year 1961 Succeeded by
Anita Lonsbrough Preceded by Jack
Brabham Hawthorn Memorial Trophy 1961 Succeeded by Graham...
- born in Scholes; the York-born
Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer,
Anita Lonsbrough; and the
Brighouse born
inventor Wilf Lunn, who was
raised in Rastrick...
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switched to the
metric conversion of 200
metres in 1971. In 1962
Anita Lonsbrough set a
world record of 2.52.2 sec in the final.
Aquatics GB List of British...
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retirement from diving". BBC Sport. 12
August 2024.
Retrieved 12
August 2024.
Lonsbrough,
Anita (25
February 2008). "Diver Tom Daley, 13, to make
Olympic history"...
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three consecutive females, for the
first time
since the 1960s, when
Anita Lonsbrough,
Dorothy Hyman and Mary Rand won it in
consecutive years.
Stuart Broad's...
- 2003) 1940 – Sid Waddell,
English sportscaster (d. 2012) 1941 –
Anita Lonsbrough,
English swimmer and
journalist 1941 –
Susan Dorothea White, Australian...
