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Full name
  
Margery Hinton

Name
  
Margery Hinton

Club
  
South Manchester SC


Sport
  
Swimming

National team
  
Great Britain

Role
  
Olympic athlete

Born
  
25 June 1915 (
1915-06-25
)
Manchester, England

Strokes
  
Freestyle, breaststroke

Died
  
1996, Manchester, United Kingdom

Margery Hinton (25 June 1915 – February 1996) was an English breaststroke and freestyle swimmer who competed for Great Britain in the 1928 Summer Olympics, 1932 Summer Olympics, and 1936 Summer Olympics.

She was born in Manchester.

In 1928 she was eliminated in the first round of the 200-metre breaststroke event. At these Games she was the youngest member of the Great Britain team.

Four years later she finished fourth the 200-metre breaststroke competition.

At the 1936 Games she was eliminated in the first round of the 100-metre freestyle event.

References

Margery Hinton Wikipedia