Doris Steel

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Doris Steel
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes freestyle
ClubWestern Baths, Glasgow

Doris C. Steel was a Scottish competitive swimmer who specialised in freestyle and represented Scotland at the 1934 British Empire Games (now Commonwealth Games).

Biography

Steel was educated at Laurel Bank School in Hillhead. [1] She was a member of the Western Baths in Glasgow [2] and at the Empire Games swimming trials at Port Seton, she won the 440 yards freestyle event. [3]

She held the Scottish record for 440 yards freestyle and won the 1934 Scottish title. [4]

Steel subsequently represented the Scottish Empire Games team [5] at the 1934 British Empire Games in London, England, [6] participating in the 440 yards freestyle event. [7]

References

  1. ↑ "Pupils Who Won Fame" . Sunday Post. 5 June 1938. p. 9. Retrieved 29 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ↑ "Swimming Trials" . Daily Record. 23 June 1934. p. 20. Retrieved 29 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Scots Team for London" . The Scotsman. 2 July 1934. p. 6. Retrieved 29 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Miss Doris Steel Wins 440 Yards Evet at Aberdeen" . Aberdeen Press and Journal. 12 July 1934. p. 4. Retrieved 29 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Scotland". Commonwealth Sport. Retrieved 28 November 2025.
  6. ↑ "Empire Games" . The Scotsman. 6 July 1934. p. 14. Retrieved 28 November 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Scotland team - London 1934". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 29 November 2025.


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