Virginia Grant

{{Short description|Canadian swimmer (1937–2017)}}

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| name = Virginia Grant

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| nationality = Canadian

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| birth_date = 9 August 1937{{Olympedia|45797}}

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| death_date = {{death date and age|2017|10|24|1937|8|9|df=yes}}{{cite news|title = Virginia Gooderham RIDPATH|newspaper = The Globe and Mail|publisher = The Woodbridge Company|date = 30 October 2017|url = https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/theglobeandmail/obituary.aspx?n=virginia-gooderham-ridpath&pid=190005503|access-date = 20 January 2019}}

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{{Medal|Competition|British Empire and Commonwealth Games}}

{{Medal|Silver|1954 Vancouver|110yd freestyle}}

{{Medal|Silver|1954 Vancouver|4x110yd freestyle relay}}

{{Medal|Competition|Pan American Games}}

{{Medal|Silver|1955 Mexico City|4x100m freestyle relay}}

{{Medal|Silver|1955 Mexico City|4x100m medley relay}}

{{Medal|Bronze|1955 Mexico City|100m freestyle}}

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Virginia Grant (9 August 1937 – 24 October 2017) was a Canadian swimmer. She competed in two events at the 1956 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/virginia-grant-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418081015/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/gr/virginia-grant-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Virginia Grant Olympic Results |access-date=6 October 2016}} She won the 1956 British 'Open' ASA National Championship 100 metres freestyle title {{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS202069802/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=84d43e6c|title="Olympic Swimming Selections." Times, 10 Sept. 1956, p. 12|publisher=Times Digital Archive}} and the 1955 and 1956 ASA National Championship 220 yards freestyle titles.{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS51991843/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=70727cad|title="New Free-Style Record By Roberts." Times, 3 Sept. 1955, p. 3.|website=Times Digital Archive}}{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS34035496/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=4e5a1bc4|title="Roberts Fastest Qualifier." Times, 8 Sept. 1956, p. 2|publisher=Times Digital Archive}}