Margery Hinton
Personal information
Full nameMargery Hinton
National team Great Britain
Born(1915-06-25)25 June 1915
Manchester, England
Died18 February 1996(1996-02-18) (aged 80)[1]
Manchester, England
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, breaststroke
ClubSouth Manchester SC
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing Great Britain
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1931 Paris 200 m breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 1934 Magdeburg 4×100 m freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1938 London 4×100 m freestyle
Representing  England
British Empire Games
Gold medal – first place 1938 Sydney 3×110 yd medley
Silver medal – second place 1930 Hamilton 200 yd breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 1934 London 200 yd breaststroke
Bronze medal – third place 1934 London 4×110 yd freestyle
Bronze medal – third place 1938 Sydney 4×110 yd freestyle

Margery Hinton (25 June 1915 – 18 February 1996) was an English breaststroke and freestyle swimmer who competed for Great Britain in the 1928 Summer Olympics, 1932 Summer Olympics, and 1936 Summer Olympics. She was born in Manchester.

In 1928 she was eliminated in the first round of the 200-metre breaststroke event. At these Games she was the youngest member of the Great Britain team.[2] Four years later she finished fourth in the 200-metre breaststroke competition. At the 1936 Games she was eliminated in the first round of the 100-metre freestyle event.

Hinton first appeared at the Summer Olympics aged 13 years and 44 days. Her record, of being the youngest British competitor to appear at the Summer Olympics, remained unbroken for 93 years, until skateboarder Sky Brown appeared at the 2020 Summer Olympics aged 13 years and 11 days.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Margery Hinton at Olympedia
  2. ↑ Sports-reference: Great Britain at the 1928 Summer Olympics
  3. ↑ "Skateboarding-Sky Brown to become Britain's youngest summer Olympian in Tokyo". Reuters. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 4 August 2021.


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