Susan Richardson (swimmer)
{{Short description|English former competitive swimmer}}
{{Hatnote|For other possible meanings see Susan Richardson (disambiguation)}}
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Susan Jane Richardson (born 26 January 1955) is a female English former competitive swimmer.
Swimming career
Richardson swam for Great Britain in the Olympics and European championships. She won a bronze medal in the 400-metre individual medley at the 1974 European Aquatics Championships; she finished fourth in the 200-metre medley. She competed in these events at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics, but did not reach the finals.
She represented England in the 200 and 400 metres individual medley events, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand.{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/christchurch-1974|title=1974 Games|publisher=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/christchurch-1974/athletes|title=Athletes, 1974 England team|publisher=Team England}}{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/54315|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}} At the ASA National British Championships she won the 200 metres medley title in 1972.{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS136148721/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=5a55205e|title=Fox, Norman. "ASA seek to add 13 to team for Munich." Times, 17 July 1972, p. 8|website=Times Digital Archive}}
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Category:Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Category:Swimmers at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
Category:European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
Category:Swimmers at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for England
Category:British female medley swimmers
Category:English female medley swimmers
Category:20th-century English sportswomen
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