Annie Speirs
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| Full name | Annie Coupe Speirs | |||||||||||
| Born | 14 July 1889 Liverpool, England | |||||||||||
| Died | 26 October 1926 (aged 37) Liverpool, England | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
| Club | Liverpool Ladies SC | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Annie Coupe Speirs (14 July 1889 – 26 October 1926), also known by her married name Annie Coombe, was a British competition swimmer who won a gold medal in the women's 4×100-metre freestyle relay at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden. Individually, she finished fifth in the women's 100-metre freestyle event.[1][2]
See also
References
- ↑ "Annie Speirs". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Annie Speirs". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
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- 1889 births
- 1926 deaths
- British female freestyle swimmers
- English female freestyle swimmers
- English Olympic competitors
- Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
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- Olympic gold medalists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics
- World record setters in swimming
- Swimmers from Liverpool
- 20th-century English sportswomen
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