Fearne Ewart

Fearne Ewart

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	(1936-11-20) 20 November 1936 (age 88) Puttalam, British Ceylon
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Hastings SC
Medal record Swimming Representing   England British Empire & Commonwealth Games 1954 Vancouver 440 y freestyle relay

Fearne Ewart (born 20 November 1936) is a British former swimmer. She competed in two events at the 1956 Summer Olympics. ^[1]

Biography

Ewart represented the English team at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games held in Vancouver, Canada, ^[2] where she won the bronze medal in the 4×110 yd freestyle relay event. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

She won the 1955 ASA National Championship 100 metres freestyle title. ^[6]

At the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Ewart participated in the 100 metres freestyle and 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay. ^[7]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fearne Ewart Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
2. "Ardrop pair for Turin" . Daily Herald. 5 July 1954. Retrieved 14 September 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
4. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019. Retrieved 23 July 2019.
5. "1954 Athletes". Team England.
6. ""British Swimming Best Since War." Times, 5 Sept. 1955, p. 13". Times Digital Archive.
7. "Biographical information". Olympedia. Retrieved 18 September 2025.

External links

• Fearne Ewart at World Aquatics
• Fearne Ewart at SwimRankings.net
• Fearne Ewart at Olympics.com
• Fearne Ewart at Team GB
• Fearne Ewart at Olympedia
• Fearne Ewart at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)