Olive Bartle

Olive Bartle

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	10 September 1912 Lewisham, England
Died	10 April 1994 (aged 81) Hackney, England
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Event	freestyle
Club	Kingston & Croydon Swimming Clubs
Medal record Swimming Representing   England British Empire Games 1934 London 4×110 yd freestyle relay Representing   Great Britain European Aquatics Championships 1934 Magdeburg 4×100 m freestyle relay

Olive Mary Bartle (1912-1994) ^[1] was female swimmer who competed for England. ^[2]

Career

Bartle represented England at the 1934 British Empire Games ^[3] in London, where she competed in the 4×110 yard freestyle relay event, ^[4] winning a bronze medal. ^{[5] [6]}

Bartle was the southern counties 220 yards freestyle champion and represented England in the 1934 European Games in Magdeburg. She swam for the Kingston & Croydon Swimming Clubs. ^[7]

Personal life

She married Ralph Banfield in 1937.

References

1. "Births". Free BMD.
2. "Downstream: A History and Celebration of Swimming the River Thames (2015)". Publicism.
3. "London 1934 Team". Team England. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
4. "England London 1934". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
5. "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
6. "Swimmers powered by Bovril". Senate House Library. August 2012.
7. "SIGNED OLIVE BARTLE KINGSTON CROYDON SC ENGLAND EUROPEAN EMPIRE GAMES 1934". Worth Point.