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| Born | 8 September 1947 Greenwich, London, UK | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.55 m (5 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Beckenham Ladies Swimming Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Linda Kay Ludgrove (born 8 September 1947) is a retired English backstroke swimmer. [1] who held seven world records.
Raised in Sydenham, Ludgrove won individual gold medals at 110 yards backstroke and 220 yards backstroke at both the 1962 and 1966 Commonwealth Games. As part of the English team she won silver in the 1962 4×110 yards medley relay and gold in the 1966 relay. [2]
She competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the 4×100 m medley relay and the 100 m backstroke and finished fifth and sixth, respectively. [1] She won three medals at the 1962 and 1966 European Championships. [3] At the ASA National British Championships she won the 110 yards backstroke title five times (1962, 1963, 1964, 1966, 1967) and the 220 yards backstroke title three times (1964, 1966, 1967). [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
She finished third in the 1962 BBC Sports Personality of the Year. [9] She held seven world records. She retired from swimming in 1967.
Ludgrove was born to William and Gladys Ludgrove; she has a brother, Terence. [10] After marriage she changed her last name to Lillo. [1]
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The British Swimming Championships - 100 metres backstroke winners formerly the are listed below. The event was originally contested over 110 yards and then switched to the metric conversion of 100 metres in 1971.
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