Shelagh Ratcliffe
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| Born | 25 January 1952 Isle of Man[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Everton Swimming Club, Liverpool | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shelagh Hudson Ratcliffe (born 25 January 1952) is a retired British swimmer.
Early life
[edit]In 1972 she swam for Everton SC. She originated from Fairfield, Liverpool, and attended Calder High School for Girls.[2]
Swimming career
[edit]Ratcliffe was born on the Isle of Man and later moved to Liverpool.[1] She won bronze medals in the 200 metres and 400 metres medley at the 1970 European Aquatics Championships.[3] She competed in these events at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics and finished fifth in the 400 m medley in 1968.[4]
She also represented England and won a silver medal in the 200 metres medley and a bronze medal in the 400 metres medley, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[5][6][7] At the ASA National British Championships she won the 1969 220 yards freestyle title [8] and was eight times champion in the medley events winning both the 220 yards medley and 440 yards medley titles in 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1970.[9][10][11]
She retired in 1973 to pursue a career in business.[12]
Personal life
[edit]In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Ratcliffe was practicing yoga and was a vegetarian.[1][13] Her father was a yoga teacher.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Shelagh-A Girl With the Talent for Nine Finals". The Scotsman. 15 July 1970. p. 22. (subscription required)
- ^ Liverpool Daily Post Saturday 30 September 1967, page 15
- ^ Shelagh RATCLIFFE. les-sports.info
- ^ Shelagh Ratcliffe. sports-reference.com
- ^ "1970 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "STILL, ATHOLE. "Swimming." Times, 9 Aug. 1969, p. 5". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ ""Four new caps." Times, 14 Aug. 1967, p. 12". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ ""Swimming." Times, 11 Aug. 1969, p. 9". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ ""Swimming." Times, 10 Aug. 1970, p. 10". Times Digital Archive.
- ^ David Prentice (16 May 2012). Merseyside’s 100 Olympians: No.72 Shelagh Ratcliffe. Liverpool Echo.
- ^ "Those Steaks Do Count Say Athletes". Liverpool Daily Post. 17 September 1970. p. 7. (subscription required)
See also
[edit]- 1952 births
- Living people
- Swimmers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
- English female freestyle swimmers
- British female freestyle swimmers
- Swimmers from Liverpool
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- 20th-century English women
- 21st-century English women
- Medallists at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- English female medley swimmers
- British female medley swimmers
- Manx sportswomen
- Manx swimmers
- 20th-century English sportswomen