Dorothy Elizabeth Harrison (born 16 March 1950) is a retired English international swimmer.

Dorothy Harrison
Personal information
Full nameDorothy Elizabeth Harrison
National teamGreat Britain
Born (1950-03-16) 16 March 1950 (age 74)
Height1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight51 kg (112 lb; 8.0 st)
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesBreaststroke
ClubHartlepool SC
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Barcelona 200 m breaststroke
Representing  England
British Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1970 Edinburgh 100 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 1970 Edinburgh 200 m breaststroke
Silver medal – second place 1970 Edinburgh 4×100 m medley

Swimming career edit

She represented Great Britain in the Olympic Games and European championships and won a bronze medal in the 200-metre breaststroke at the 1970 European Aquatics Championships.[1] She competed in five breaststroke and medley relay events at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics; her best achievements were sixth place in the 4×100-metre medley relay in 1968 and eighth place in the 100-metre breaststroke in 1972.[2] In the medley relay she competed with Margaret Auton, Wendy Burrell and Alexandra Jackson.[3]

She also represented England and won three silver medals in the 100 and 200 metres breaststroke events and the 4 x 100 metres medley relay, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[4][5][6]

At the ASA National British Championships she won the 100 metres breaststroke title in 1971 [7] and the 220 yards/200 metres breaststroke titles in 1969, 1970 and 1971.[8][9][10]

References edit

  1. ^ Dorothy HARRISON. les-sports.info
  2. ^ Dorothy Harrison. sports-reference.com
  3. ^ Medley relay results, Sports reference
  4. ^ "1970 Athletes". Team England.
  5. ^ "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
  6. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  7. ^ "Fox, Norman. "Swimming." Times, 9 Aug. 1971, p. 9". Times Digital Archive.
  8. ^ ""Swimming." Times, 11 Aug. 1969, p. 9". Times Digital Archive.
  9. ^ ""Swimming." Times, 10 Aug. 1970, p. 10". Times Digital Archive.
  10. ^ "Fox, Norman. "Brinkley on target, June Green aims high." Times, 6 Aug. 1971, p. 8". Times Digital Archive.