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| Full name | Dorothy Elizabeth Harrison | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 March 1950 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.62 m (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 51 kg (112 lb; 8.0 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Hartlepool SC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Dorothy Elizabeth Harrison (born 16 March 1950) is a retired English international swimmer.
She represented Great Britain in the Olympic Games and European championships and won a bronze medal in the 200-metre breaststroke at the 1970 European Aquatics Championships. [1] She competed in five breaststroke and medley relay events at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics; her best achievements were sixth place in the 4×100-metre medley relay in 1968 and eighth place in the 100-metre breaststroke in 1972. [2] In the medley relay she competed with Margaret Auton, Wendy Burrell and Alexandra Jackson. [3]
She also represented England and won three silver medals in the 100 and 200 metres breaststroke events and the 4 x 100 metres medley relay, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. [4] [5] [6]
At the ASA National British Championships she won the 100 metres breaststroke title in 1971 [7] and the 220 yards/200 metres breaststroke titles in 1969, 1970 and 1971. [8] [9] [10]
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