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| Full name | Christine Lorraine Gosden | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |  Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1939-11-17) 17 November 1939 (age 85) York, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb; 11.2 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Christine Lorraine Gosden (born 17 November 1939), also known by her married name Christine Parfect, is a female retired British swimmer.
Swimming career
Gosden competed in the 200-metre breaststroke event at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics and finished eighth in 1956.
She won a gold medal representing England with a world record time in the 4×110-yard medley relay at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales in addition to taking an individual silver in the 220 yards breaststroke event.
She also won a bronze medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay at the 1958 European Aquatics Championships At the ASA National British Championships she won the 220 yards breaststroke title and the 110 yards butterfly title in 1957.
References
- Christine Gosden. sports-reference.com
- Chris Gosden. recordi.info-mix.info
- "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- "1958 Athletes". Team England.
- Christine GOSDEN. les-sports.info
- ""Miss Grinham Shows Her Versatility." Times, 14 September 1957, p. 10". Times Digital Archive.
- ""13-Year-Old Swimmer Of The Year." Times, 16 September 1957, p. 12". Times Digital Archive.
External links
- Christine Gosden at World Aquatics
- Christine Gosden at SwimRankings.net
- Christine Gosden at Olympics.com
- Christine Gosden at Olympedia
- Christine Gosden at Team GB
| Summer Universiade Champions in Women's 200 m Breaststroke | |
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- 1939 births
- Living people
- Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
- English female breaststroke swimmers
- British female breaststroke swimmers
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Great Britain
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Great Britain
- Medalists at the 1959 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1961 Summer Universiade
- Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- English female butterfly swimmers
- British female butterfly swimmers
- English female freestyle swimmers
- British female freestyle swimmers
- Sportspeople from York
- 20th-century English sportswomen