Jennie Fletcher
Jennie Fletcher, c. 1905
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| Full name | Jennie Fletcher | |||||||||||||||
| National team |  Great Britain |
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| Born | 19 March 1890 Belgrave, Leicester, England |
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| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Teeswater, Ontario, Canada |
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||
| Club | Leicester Ladies SC | |||||||||||||||
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Jennie Fletcher (19 March 1890 – 17 January 1968), later known by her married name Jennie Hyslop, was a British competitive swimmer, Olympic gold medallist, and former world record-holder. In 1905 she set a new world record in the 100-yard freestyle that stood for seven years.[1] She was selected for the 1908 Olympics, but the women's swimming events were cancelled due to a shortage of participants. At the 1912 Summer Olympics, she won a gold medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay and a bronze medal in the individual 100-metre freestyle race.[2] In 1971 she was inducted to the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer".[3]
Fletcher was born in an underprivileged family of 11 siblings and had to combine swimming with daily 12-hour work.[3] In 1913 she began teaching swimming in Leicester, which ended her competitive career as she turned from an amateur into a professional. In 1917, she married and immigrated to Canada, where she gave birth to a daughter and five sons.[4][5]
See also
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
References
- ↑ TIMELINE of Women's Swimming History. International Swimming Hall of Fame
- ↑ Sports-Reference.com, Olympic Sports, Athletes, Jennie Fletcher. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 International Swimming Hall of Fame, Honorees, Jennie Fletcher (GBR). Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- ↑ "Champion swimmer finally honoured", BBC.com (14 December 2004). Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- ↑ "Leicester's Olympian honoured . . . 100 years after her triumph", Leicester Mercury (24 March 2012). Retrieved 17 March 2015.
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