Jennie Fletcher
 Jennie Fletcher, c. 1905 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Jennie Fletcher | |||||||||||||||||
| National team | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 March 1890 Belgrave, Leicester, England | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 January 1968 (aged 77) Teeswater, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Leicester Ladies SC | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.[1] In 1905 she set a new world record in the 100-yard freestyle that stood for seven years.[2] She was selected for the 1908 Olympics, but the women's swimming events were cancelled due to a shortage of participants.[3] 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.[4] In 1971 she was inducted to the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Swimmer".[5]
Fletcher was born in an underprivileged family of 11 siblings and had to combine swimming with daily 12-hour work.[5] 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.[6][7]
See also
[edit]- List of members of the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)
- World record progression 4 × 100 metres freestyle relay
References
[edit]- ^ "Jennie Fletcher". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "Timeline of Women's Swimming History" (PDF). ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 October 2010.
- ^ "Jennie Fletcher". Swimming.org.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jennie Fletcher". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 29 October 2014. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
- ^ a b "Jennie Fletcher (GBR)". ISHOF.org. International Swimming Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. 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.
External links
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- Jennie Fletcher at the International Swimming Hall of Fame
- Jennie Fletcher at Olympics.com
- Jennie Fletcher at Olympedia
- Jennie Fletcher at Team GB
- 1890 births
- 1968 deaths
- British female freestyle swimmers
- British female water polo players
- English female water polo players
- English Olympic competitors
- Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic gold medalists in swimming
- Olympic bronze medalists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- World record setters in swimming
- English emigrants to Canada
- People from Belgrave, Leicester
- Sportspeople from Leicester
- 20th-century English sportswomen