Vera Kingston
{{Short description|English swimmer (1917–1996)}}
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| name = Vera Kingston
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| fullname = Vera Kingston
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| strokes = Breaststroke
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1917|2|4|df=y}}
| birth_place = Leicester, England
| death_date = September 1996 (aged 79)
| death_place = Leicester, England
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{{MedalSport | Women's swimming}}
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{{MedalCompetition | British Empire Games}}
{{MedalSilver | 1934 London | 3×110 yd medley}}
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Vera Kingston (4 February 1917 – September 1996), later known by her married name Vera Robinson, was an English competition swimmer of the 1930s who represented Great Britain in the Olympics and swam for England in the British Empire Games.
At the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, she was eliminated in the first round of the 200-metre breaststroke event.
At the 1934 Empire Games she won the silver medal with the English team in the 3×110-yard medley competition. In the 200-yard breaststroke contest she finished fifth.
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20200418003408/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ki/vera-kingston-1.html Vera Kingston's profile at Sports Reference.com]
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Category:Sportspeople from Leicester
Category:Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
Category:Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Category:Swimmers at the 1934 British Empire Games
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
Category:English female breaststroke swimmers
Category:British female breaststroke swimmers
Category:Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
Category:Medallists at the 1934 British Empire Games
Category:20th-century English sportswomen
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