Margery Hinton
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| Full name | Margery Hinton | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 June 1915 Manchester, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 18 February 1996 (aged 80)[1] Manchester, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle, breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | South Manchester SC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Margery Hinton (25 June 1915 – 18 February 1996) was an English breaststroke and freestyle swimmer who competed for Great Britain in the 1928 Summer Olympics, 1932 Summer Olympics, and 1936 Summer Olympics. She was born in Manchester.
In 1928 she was eliminated in the first round of the
100-metre freestyle event
.
Hinton first appeared at the Summer Olympics aged 13 years and 44 days. Her record, of being the youngest British competitor to appear at the Summer Olympics, remained unbroken for 93 years, until skateboarder Sky Brown appeared at the 2020 Summer Olympics aged 13 years and 11 days.[3]
See also
References
- Olympedia
- ^ Sports-reference: Great Britain at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- ^ "Skateboarding-Sky Brown to become Britain's youngest summer Olympian in Tokyo". Reuters. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
External links
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