Catherine White (born 26 June 1965) is a former British swimmer who represented Great Britain at the 1984 Olympic Games and won a silver medal for England at the 1982 Commonwealth Games.
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| Full name | Catherine White | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 June 1965 Portsmouth, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Backstroke | ||||||||||||||
| Club | South Tyneside | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
editWhite was born in Portsmouth. She was raised in Barnard Castle, County Durham, and educated at Barnard Castle School.[1]
International swimming career
editAt the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia she represented England in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke where she finished seventh and sixth respectively. She teamed up with Ann Osgerby, June Croft and Susannah Brownsdon for the women's 4×100 m medley relay where they finished in silver medal position behind Canada and ahead of Scotland in a time of 4:19.04.[2]
At the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, California, United States, she participated in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke, reaching the 'B' final in both events.
White swam for England in the same two events two years later at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. She finished seventh in the 200 m backstroke final, but did not progress beyond the heats in the shorter event.[3][4]
She won 1982 and 1983 ASA National Championship titles in the 100 metres backstroke and the 200 metres backstroke.[5][6][7][8]
References
edit- ^ Amos, Mike (31 July 2014). "Out of the deep end". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 16 January 2019.
- ^ "1982 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "1986 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ ""Miss Croft's victory of mixed emotions." Times, 23 Aug. 1982, p. 15". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Still, Athole. "Hardcastle on song in medley." Times, 25 July 1983, p. 21". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Still, Athole. "Swimming." Times, 21 Aug. 1982, p. 15". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ "Still, Athole. "Hubble in spurt to second title." Times, 23 July 1983, p. 15". Times Digital Archive.
Sources
edit- "British Olympic Association athlete profile". Retrieved 7 May 2009.
- "Sports Reference athlete profile". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 May 2009.
- "Commonwealth Games Federation athlete search". Retrieved 7 May 2009.[permanent dead link]