Gillian Howells

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Gillian Howells
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Born27 June 1944 [1]
Pontypool, Wales
Sport
Sport Swimming
Event
 Breaststroke / freestyle
ClubNewport SC

Gillian Howells (born 27 June 1944) is a former Welsh swimmer who specialised in breaststroke and competed at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

Howells was born Pontypool, Wales, and attended St. Julians High School. She swam for the Newport Swimming Club. [2]

In 1957, she won the 100 yards freestyle Oliver Cup [3] and in September 1957, aged 13, set a Welsh breaststroke record at the Welsh Championships, clocking 1 min 32 sec. [4] She broke the record again a day before her 14th birthday in June 1958. [5]

She represented the Welsh team [6] at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where she competed in the 220 yards breaststroke event [7] and helped Wales secure two sixth place finishes in the finals of the women's 110 yards freestyle relay, with Geraldine Francis, Jocelyn Hooper and Jacqueline Townsend and the women's 110 yards medley relay, with Geraldine Francis, Jocelyn Hooper, Diana Davies and Joyce Dixon. [8]

References

  1. ↑ "Howells, Gillian". Free BMD. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "They swim for Wales" . Western Mail. 18 July 1958. p. 31. Retrieved 16 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Swimming Gala at Pontypridd" . Pontypridd Observer. 18 July 1958. p. 10. Retrieved 16 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Record Broken" . Birmingham Daily Post. 3 September 1957. p. 18. Retrieved 16 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "Gillian's birthday record swim" . Western Mail. 27 June 1958. p. 12. Retrieved 16 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Wales Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  7. ↑ "They wear the Red Dragon" . Western Mail. 18 July 1958. p. 25. Retrieved 16 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "The Welsh Swimming Team" . Pontypridd Observer. 19 July 1958. p. 22. Retrieved 16 October 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.


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