Margaret Auton
{{short description|British swimmer}}
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| birth_place = Hartlepool, England
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Margaret M Auton (born 9 February 1951) is a female British former swimmer.
Swimming career
Auton competed in three events at the 1968 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/au/margaret-auton-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041447/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/au/margaret-auton-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Margaret Auton Olympic Results |accessdate=18 November 2016}} She was in the medley relay and they were placed sixth. She competed with Dorothy Harrison, Wendy Burrell and Alexandra Jackson.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GBR/summer/1968/SWI/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417114150/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GBR/summer/1968/SWI/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Medley relay results |accessdate=18 November 2016}} At the ASA National British Championships she won the 110 yards butterfly title in 1968 and 1969 {{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS101150474/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=dcefdfd7|title=STILL, ATHOLE. "Scots' record falls to Jarvis." Times, 10 Aug. 1968, p. 6|website=Times Digital Archive}}{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS85291273/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=0c7231c3|title=STILL, ATHOLE. "Swimming." Times, 9 Aug. 1969, p. 5|website=Times Digital Archive}} and the 220 yards butterfly title in 1968.{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS184905480/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=58dd6cf5|title=STILL, ATHOLE. "Dead-heat in medley relay." Times, 8 Aug. 1968, p. 11|website=Times Digital Archive}}
References
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Category:English female butterfly swimmers
Category:British female butterfly swimmers
Category:Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
Category:Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Hartlepool
Category:20th-century British sportswomen
Category:20th-century English sportswomen
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