Dora Elizabeth Gibbs (6 July 1910 – 4 July 2008) was a British

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. She competed in the

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event at the

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. Gibbs, a member of the

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, was a 17-year old working at

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when she won the Olympic trial to represent Great Britain at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

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* 1910 births 2008 deaths English female breaststroke swimmers British female breaststroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Swimmers at the 1928 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing People from Hackney, London Swimmers from the London Borough of Hackney 20th-century English sportswomen {{UK-swimming-bio-stub