Ann Osgerby (born 20 January 1963), later known by her married name Ann Osgerby Inge, is an English former

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Swimming career

Osgerby represented Great Britain at two consecutive

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, starting in 1980. She also represented Great Britain at the World Championships in 1978 and 1982, Commonwealth Games 1978 and 1982, European Championships 1981 and 1983, World Cup 1979. Osgerby became the British women's team captain in 1982 and held that position for two years until retiring after the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic Games suffering from an ongoing injury of

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in both shoulders. At her Olympic debut in Moscow she won the silver medal as a member of the British women's team in the 4×100-metre medley relay, alongside

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, Helen Jameson, and Margaret Kelly. She is the twin sister of Janet Osgerby, who competed as a swimmer at the

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and became the first identical twins to appear in the same Olympic final, gaining a place in the Guinness Book of World Records. She represented

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in the butterfly events, at the

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. Four years later she represented

and won a

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in the 200 metres butterfly and a

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in the 4 x 100 metres medley relay, at the

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. She also won the ASA National Championship title in the 100 metres butterfly (1980, 1982, 1983) and the title in the 200 metres butterfly (1980, 1981, 1983).

Personal life

Her twin sister is Janet Osgerby, who was also an international swimmer.

References

British Olympic Association athlete profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Osgerby, Ann 1963 births Living people Sportspeople from Preston, Lancashire British female butterfly swimmers Swimmers at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming English female butterfly swimmers English Olympic competitors Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Swimmers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics English twins Olympic silver medalists in swimming Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games 20th-century English sportswomen

Swimming career

Personal life

See also

References