Christine Gosden
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Full name | Christine Lorraine Gosden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1939-11-17) 17 November 1939 (age 84) York, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 71 kg (157 lb; 11.2 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Christine Lorraine Gosden (born 17 November 1939), also known by her married name Christine Parfect, is a female retired British swimmer.
Swimming career
Gosden competed in the 200-metre breaststroke event at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics and finished eighth in 1956.[1]
She won a gold medal representing England with a world record time in the 4×110-yard medley relay at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales [2] in addition to taking an individual silver in the 220 yards breaststroke event.[3][4]
She also won a bronze medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay at the 1958 European Aquatics Championships[5] At the ASA National British Championships she won the 220 yards breaststroke title and the 110 yards butterfly title in 1957.[6][7]
References
- ^ Christine Gosden. sports-reference.com
- ^ Chris Gosden. recordi.info-mix.info
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ Christine GOSDEN. les-sports.info
- ^ ""Miss Grinham Shows Her Versatility." Times, 14 September 1957, p. 10". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ ""13-Year-Old Swimmer Of The Year." Times, 16 September 1957, p. 12". Times Digital Archive.
External links
- Christine Gosden at World Aquatics
- Christine Gosden at SwimRankings.net
- Christine Gosden at Olympics.com
- Christine Gosden at Olympedia
- Christine Gosden at Team GB
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- 1938 – 1954: 3×110 yards
- 1958 – 1966: 4×110 yards
- 1970 – present: 4×100 metres
- 1938: Storey, Frampton, Hinton (ENG)
- 1950: Davies, McQuade, Lyons (AUS)
- 1954: Gordon, McDowell, Girvan (SCO)
- 1958: Grinham, Lonsbrough, Gosden, Wilkinson (ENG)
- 1962: Fraser, McGill, Ruygrok, Sergeant (AUS)
- 1966: Harris, Gegan, Ludgrove, Sillett (ENG)
- 1970: Mabb, Whitfield, Langford, Watson (AUS)
- 1974: Amundrud, Stuart, Stenhouse, Cook (CAN)
- 1978: Klimpel, Boivin, Stuart, Quirk (CAN)
- 1982: Ottenbrite, Gibson, New, MacPherson (CAN)
- 1986: Cooper, Fibbens, Hindmarch, Brownsdon (ENG)
- 1990: Van Wirdum, Hooiveld, Curry-Kenny, Livingstone (AUS)
- 1994: Van Wirdum, Stevenson, Thomas, Riley (AUS)
- 1998: Rooney, Denman, Thomas, O'Neill (AUS)
- 2002: Calub, Jones, Thomas, Henry (AUS)
- 2006: Edington, Jones, Schipper, Lenton (AUS)
- 2010: Seebohm, Jones, Schipper, Coutts (AUS)
- 2014: Seebohm, Tonks, McKeon, C. Campbell (AUS)
- 2018: Seebohm, Bohl, McKeon, B. Campbell (AUS)
- 2022: K. McKeown, Hodges, E. McKeon, O'Callaghan (AUS)