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Denise Newman
Personal information
National team United Kingdom
Born(1924-02-19)19 February 1924
Died22 January 2016(2016-01-22) (aged 91)
Sport
SportDiving

Denise Newman (later Denise St Aubyn Hubbard; 19 February 1924 – 22 January 2016)[1] was a British diver who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics.[2]

Early life

She was born on 19 February 1924 in

Anglo-Iranian Oil, and her mother was Jessie Bathurst, née Pearce. She had one brother, Derek.[3] Newman grew up in Maadi, Egypt, where she began as a swimmer, breaking senior national records in the 50 metres and 100 metres freestyle at the open Egyptian championships in 1937 while still a junior. She was taught by her mother and Ahmed Ibrahim Kamel
.

Career

She was due to compete as a swimmer in the

codebreaking team.[5][6] On 10 August 1945, she married Vyvyan Alexander St Aubyn Hubbard, a major in the Indian Army and architect. They had two children, Hugh and Geraldine.[7]

At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, Newman was part of Great Britain's team in the 10 metre diving event. By the third dive she was in fifth place, but tore a shoulder muscle. She continued with one arm disabled, finishing 11th out of 15 competitors.[4]

Newman became interested in sailing when her family moved to Chichester in 1953.[7] In 1978 she joined the Royal Naval Auxiliary Service, and for eight years was the only female skipper of a British warship.[5] In 1988, aged 64, she completed the Transatlantic single-handed sailing race, in 34 days.[8][9] Her participation was the subject of a BBC documentary.[10]

She died on 22 January 2016 at the age of 91.[11]

References

  1. ISBN 1-85756-031-0
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  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Denise Newman". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  3. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8
    . Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Diver Denise relives 1948 Olympic Games". Chichester Observer. 10 August 2012.
  5. ^ a b Bannister, Matthew (5 February 2016). "BBC Radio 4 - Last Word: Terry Wogan, Lord Lucan, Frank Finlay, Denise St Aubyn Hubbard, Maurice White". BBC.
  6. ^ Peter Kornicki, Captain Oswald Tuck and the Bedford Japanese School, 1942-1945 (London: Pollino Publishing, 2019).
  7. ^ a b Williams, Jean (2020). "Hubbard [née Newman], Denise Audrey St Aubyn (1924–2016), high diver and sailor". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/odnb/9780198614128.013.111984. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 2021-06-24.
  8. ^ Coomes, Phil (26 June 2012). "Meet the Olympians of 1948". BBC Online. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
  9. ISBN 9781491883853
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  10. ISBN 9780755361229
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  11. ^ "ST AUBYN HUBBARD - Deaths Announcements - Telegraph Announcements". The Daily Telegraph. 1 February 2016.

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