Winifred Clare "Winkie" Ashby (née Griffin, 17 November 1932 – 11 December 2018) was a New Zealand freestyle swimmer. At the 1950 British Empire Games she won the silver medal as part of the 4 x 110 yards freestyle relay.[1] She was also a member of the New Zealand 3 x 100 yards medley relay team that was disqualified.[1] Individually she placed fourth in the 440 yards freestyle and sixth in the 110 yards freestyle.[1] She also competed in the 440 and 110 yards freestyle at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.[1]
 Griffin in 1956 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Winifred Clare Griffin | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 November 1932 Kawakawa, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 December 2018 (aged 86) Hibiscus Coast, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Kerry Ashby | ||||||||||||||
| Relative | Murray Ashby (brother-in-law) | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| National finals | 220 yards freestyle champion (1951, 1953, 1955, 1957) 440 yards freestyle champion (1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Her only Olympic Games appearance was in 1956 at Melbourne where she swam 100 m and 400 m freestyle, and was eliminated in the heats.[2]
Griffin won nine New Zealand national swimming titles: the 220 yards freestyle in 1951, 1953, 1955 and 1957; and the 440 yards freestyle in 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, and 1957.[3]
She was married to rower Kerry Ashby, who died in 2015.[4] Winifred Ashby died of cancer on the Hibiscus Coast, north of Auckland, on 11 December 2018.[4]
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Winifred C. Griffin". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ Winifred Griffin. sports-reference.com
- ^ McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "Swimming – national championships". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
- ^ a b "Winifred Ashby death notice". New Zealand Herald. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
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