Lorna Frampton (2 April 1920 – 23 February 2009) was an English

backstroke Backstroke or back crawl is one of the four Swimming (sport), swimming styles used in competitive events regulated by FINA, and the only one of these styles swum on the back. This swimming style has the advantage of easy breathing, but the disa ...

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who competed for

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in the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...

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, where she finished sixth in the women's 100-metre backstroke event. At the

1938 British Empire Games The 1938 British Empire Games were the third British Empire Games, the event that evolved to become the Commonwealth Games. Held in Sydney, Australia from 5–12 February 1938, they were timed to coincide with Sydney's sesqui-centenary (150 yea ...

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, she was a member of the English women's team that won the gold medal in the 3×110-yard medley relay event.

External links

Lorna Frampton's profile at Sports Reference.comNotice of Lorna Frampton's death
1920 births 2009 deaths English female backstroke swimmers British female backstroke swimmers Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1938 British Empire Games Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England Commonwealth Games gold medallists in swimming Medallists at the 1938 British Empire Games Sportspeople from Epsom 20th-century English sportswomen {{UK-swimming-bio-stub