Sharron Davies is the only Individual Medley medallist, taking the silver in 1980 in the 400m in Moscow, while the last British finalist in the 200m Individual Medley was Shelagh Ratcliffe in 1968. Following in Rands footsteps, Peters redefined womens multi-eventing and delivered the performance of her life on the biggest possible stage at Munich 1972. How Olympic Swimsuits Have Changed Over The Years - Romper Among them were BMX gold medals for Charlotte Worthington and Beth Shriever and a historic fifth Olympic gold for Laura Kenny in a majestic Madison with Katie Archibald. The Northern Irish star outlasted German favourites to break the pentathlon world record and win Britains first Olympic multi-event title. In the third appearance by Great Britain in modern Olympic archery, two men and two women represented the country. She also competed in the international community spanning over 20 years. The Evolution of Women's Olympic Swimsuits | Vanity Fair By the time she finally retired for good in 1994, she had been a British champion on 22 occasions and had broken two hundred British swimming records and 5 World Masters records (eligible to those over 30). 1976-1980: not included in the Olympic program: 1984 Los Angeles details: Tracy Caulkins Davies then married gym manager John Crisp in West Sussex in 1987. [citation needed], She set a record by swimming for the British national team at the age of 11. "[35], In 2023, Davies criticised sportswear brand Nike for using Dylan Mulvaney, a transgender woman, to model their products in an advertisement and called for a boycott.[36]. Great Britain have won ten Olympic gold medals in the mens event: John Jarvis in both the 100m Freestyle and 400m Freestyle in 1900, Henry Taylor in both the 400m and 1500m Freestyle in 1908, Frederick Holman in the 200m Breaststroke in 1908, 4x100m Freestyle Relay in 1908, David Wilkie in the 200m Breaststroke in 1976, Duncan Goodhew in the 100m Breaststroke in 1980, Adrian Moorhouse in the 100m Breaststroke in 1988 and Adam Peaty in the100m Breaststroke in 2016. The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 336 total. Great Britain's most recent relay medals came at Rio 2016 in the 4x200m Freestyle and 4x100m Medley events. Team GB have won gold at the last four Olympic Winter Games and all of those have been won by female athletes. The 1980 Summer Olympics . Dorling & Kindersley's popular learn to swim in a weekend (which has been translated into multiple languages), This Morning - presenting a mums and babies learning to swim series on ITV, Guest dart player, throwing for charity, on British game show, Presenting and commentating on swimming coverage for the. We are the home of British Swimming. Tony Duffy/Allsport Olympic Medals 5 7 9 Games Breakdown Athletics 4 2 4 Boxing 1 Judo 1 1 Rowing 1 2 Swimming 1 3 1 Get Inspired Latest News Latest News Shop The only male Backstroker to win a medal was Herbert Haresnape with a bronze in the 100m in 1908. There has been considerable interest in the age and physical characteristics of swimmers competing at the Olympic Games or World Championships over many decades (see Table 1).Early studies examining only amateur athletes include those by Cureton, 7 de Garay et al., 8 and Novak et al. Colledge, who served as an ambulance driver in World War II, went on to win Olympic silver at Garmisch-Partenkirchen four years later. Born to a runner father and a swimmer mother, he was introduced to triathlon by Simon Hearnshaw, his . Famous British Female Swimmers - The Famous People Florence Griffith-Joyner, Track and Field: 5 medals (3 G, 2 S) Known as much for her record-setting performances on the track as for her flashy style, "Flo-Jo" is considered to be the fastest woman. This category includes swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women), List of Olympic medalists in swimming (men), List of individual gold medalists in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships (women), List of gold medalist relay teams in swimming at the Olympics and World Aquatics Championships, List of top Olympic gold medalists in swimming, List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming (women), List of Asian Games medalists in swimming, International Olympic Committee results database, HistoFINA Swimming Medallists And Statistics At Olympic Games, January 31, 2015, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_Olympic_medalists_in_swimming_(women)&oldid=1143667915, Lists of Summer Olympic medalists by sport, Short description is different from Wikidata, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 9 March 2023, at 04:44.