Margaret McDowall
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| Nationality | British (Scottish) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 January 1936 Kilmarnock, Scotland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 31 December 2009 (aged 73) Kilmarnock, Scotland | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Event | Backstroke | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Kilmarnock SC | ||||||||||||||
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Margaret Gibson McDowall (10 January 1936 – 31 December 2009)[1] was a Scottish female competitive swimmer who represented Scotland and participated in the 1952 Summer Olympics.
Swimming career
McDowall was educated at Kilmarnock Academy and was a member of the Scottish Swimming Team from the age of 14.[2] Unusually she practiced in the local municipal swimming baths in Kilmarnock rather than any purpose-built training facility.
She was a member of the three-woman relay team at the 1954 Commonwealth games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada[3] and at the ASA National British Championships she won the 110 yards backstroke title four times (1950, 1951, 1952, 1953).[4][5][6]
She was selected for the 1958 Scottish team[7] for the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where she competed in the 110 yards backstroke.[8]
McDowall died on 31 December 2009, at the age of 73.[9]
References
- ^ "Margaret Gibson McDowall". Olympic Database. Archived from the original on 24 February 2010. Retrieved 2 December 2007.
- ^ "Margaret McDowall". Kilmarnock Academy. Retrieved 2 December 2007.
- ^ "Famous people". East Ayrshire Council. Archived from the original on 16 December 2007. Retrieved 2 December 2007.
- ^ ""Swimming." Times, 29 July 1950, p. 7". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ ""Swimming." Times, 25 Aug. 1951, p. 2". Times Digital Archive.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ ""Swimming And Diving Championships." Times, 7 Sept. 1953, p. 9". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Lindsay chosen for Scots athletics team". The Scotsman. 2 June 1958. p. 9. Retrieved 4 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Scotland Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 17 June 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
- ^ "Olympedia – Margaret McDowall". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
External links
- sports-reference profile
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- British Olympic Association athlete profile Archived 24 February 2010 at the Wayback Machine
