Nan Rae
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| Full name | Agnes W. Nancy Rae | |||||||||||
| Nationality | British (Scottish) | |||||||||||
| Born | 14 January 1944 Motherwell, Scotland | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.56 m (5 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 53 kg (117 lb) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
Event | Freestyle | |||||||||||
| Club | Motherwell AS & WP Club | |||||||||||
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Agnes W. Nancy Rae (born 13 January 1944) is a Scottish former competitive swimmer who competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics.
Biography
[edit]Rae won a bronze medal in the women's 400-metre freestyle at the 1958 European Aquatics Championships.[1]
She was selected for the 1958 Scottish team[2] for the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where she competed in the 440 yards freestyle.[3]
At the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, she finished sixth in the 400 metres freestyle.[4][5]
She won the 1961 ASA National Championship 220 yards freestyle title and the 440 yards freestyle.[6][7]
References
[edit]- ↑ Nancy RAE. les-sports.info
- ↑ "Lindsay chosen for Scots athletics team". The Scotsman. 2 June 1958. p. 9. Retrieved 4 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Scotland Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 17 June 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
- ↑ Nan Rae. sports-reference.com
- ↑ "Biographical information". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
- ↑ ""Swimmers Beat Four Records." Times, 2 Sept. 1961, p. 4". Times Digital Archive.[permanent dead link]
- ↑ ""Miss Edwards To Retire." Times, 30 Aug. 1961, p. 4". Times Digital Archive.[permanent dead link]
External links
[edit]- Nan Rae at World Aquatics
- Nan Rae at Swimrankings.net
- Nan Rae at Team GB
- Nan Rae at InterSportStats
- Nancy Rae at Olympics.com
- N. Rae at Team Scotland
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- Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
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- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Sportspeople from Motherwell
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