Anita Lonsbrough
At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff she won gold in the 220 yards breaststroke and the medley relay.At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, on 27 August 1960, at the age of 19, she won gold in the 200 m breaststroke in 2:49.5 ahead of West Germany's Wiltrud Urselmann (2:50.0), setting a new world record time.[11] Lonsbrough was born in York to Stanley and Maud, and spent her childhood in India where her father, a Sergeant Major in the Coldstream Guards, was posted.[2] After the family’s return to Yorkshire, she was educated at St. Joseph's Catholic College, Bradford, a girls' direct grant grammar school.Lonsbrough worked as a swimming commentator for BBC radio for many years alongside Peter Jones.
SwimmingGreat BritainOlympic Games1960 Rome200 m breaststrokeEuropean Championships1962 Leipzig1958 BudapestEnglandBritish Empire and Commonwealth Games1958 Cardiff1962 Perthswimmer1960 Summer Olympics1958 British Empire and Commonwealth GamesCardiff200 m breaststrokeWiltrud UrselmannDon ThompsonRebecca Adlington2008 Summer Olympics1962 British Empire and Commonwealth GamesNational Championship 220 yards freestyleNational Championship 220 yards breaststroke440 yards medleyTokyo Olympic GamesColdstream GuardsSt. Joseph's Catholic College, Bradforddirect grant grammar schoolTreasurerOfficeHuddersfieldTown HallHugh Porter1964 Summer OlympicsSt Peter's Church, HuddersfieldTettenhallWolverhamptonOunsdale High SchoolPeter JonesThe Daily TelegraphBBC Sports Personality of the Yearflag bearer for Great Britain at the Summer GamesInternational Swimming Hall of FameList of members of the International Swimming Hall of FameList of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)World record progression 200 metres breaststrokeWorld record progression 4 × 100 metres medley relayThe GuardianThe Catholic HeraldCycling WeeklyIrish NewsWayback Machinearchive.todayWorld AquaticsTeam GBOlympediaOlympics.comCommonwealth Games FederationStirling MossDorothy HymanBBC Sports Personality of the Year AwardChristopher ChatawayGordon PirieJim LakerDai ReesIan BlackJohn SurteesDavid BroomeMary RandTom SimpsonBobby MooreHenry CooperDavid HemeryAnn JonesHRH The Princess AnneMary PetersJackie StewartBrendan FosterDavid SteeleJohn CurryVirginia WadeSteve OvettSebastian CoeRobin CousinsIan BothamDaley ThompsonSteve CramTorvill and DeanJayne TorvillChristopher DeanBarry McGuiganNigel MansellFatima WhitbreadSteve DavisNick FaldoPaul GascoigneLiz McColganLinford ChristieDamon HillJonathan EdwardsGreg RusedskiMichael OwenLennox LewisSteve RedgraveDavid BeckhamPaula RadcliffeJonny WilkinsonKelly HolmesAndrew FlintoffZara PhillipsJoe CalzagheChris HoyRyan GiggsTony McCoyMark CavendishBradley WigginsAndy MurrayLewis HamiltonMo FarahGeraint ThomasBen StokesEmma RaducanuBeth MeadMary EarpsKeely Hodgkinson