Margaret Edwards

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Margaret Edwards (born 28 March 1939) is an English former competitive swimmer.

Early life

Edwards was born on 28 March 1939.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ed/margaret-edwards-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165349/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ed/margaret-edwards-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Margaret Edwards |accessdate=2008-08-21 |publisher=www.sports-reference.com |date= }}

She attended Greens Grammar School, in west London, now called The Green School for Girls.Daily Herald Tuesday 4 December 1956, page 10

Swimming career

She represented Great Britain at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, where she won a bronze medal in the women's 100-metre backstroke in the time of 1:13.1.{{cite web|url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=EDWARMAR01 |title=Margaret Edwards |accessdate=2008-08-21 |publisher=www.databaseolympics.com |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070308215728/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=EDWARMAR01 |archivedate=2007-03-08 }}

At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, she won a gold medal and a silver medal in the women's 440-yard medley relay and 110-yard backstroke respectively, while representing England.{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/54023|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation|access-date=29 July 2019|archive-date=29 November 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211129061125/https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/54023|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/cardiff-1958/athletes|title=1958 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ed/margaret-edwards-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165349/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ed/margaret-edwards-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-17 |title=Margaret Edwards |accessdate=2008-08-21 |publisher=www.sports-reference.com |date= }} At the ASA National British Championships she won the 110 yards backstroke title twice (1959, 1961).{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS252271911/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=a456c31b|title="Best Swimmers Prove IT." Times, 7 Sept. 1959, p. 15|website=Times Digital Archive}}{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS68772129/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=41f6bbcf|title="Miss Edwards Ends As Champion." Times, 1 Sept. 1961, p. 4|website=Times Digital Archive}}