Personal information | |
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Born | Fulham, London, England | 19 September 1904
Died | 18 April 1955 50) Hammersmith, England | (aged
Sport | |
Sport | Swimming |
Club | Hammersmith Ladies SC |
Mabel Hamblen (19 September 1904 – 18 April 1955) was a British swimmer. She competed in the women's 200 metre breaststroke event at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam. [1] Hamblen was the first woman to win Long Distance Champion of England for three successive years (1926–1928), swimming five miles on the River Thames from Kew to Putney. [2] She was a founding member of the Hammersmith Ladies Swimming Club, and once served as captain. [2]
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