Betty Turner

Elizabeth McA Turner was a Scottish swimmer who competed at the 1950 [British Empire Games].

Biography

Turner came to prominence as a 16-year-old when winning at the 1949 Aquatics [GB Swimming Championships] and becoming the British swimming champions – [100 metres freestyle winners|British 100 yards freestyle champion], in addition to holding the senior and junior Scottish titles.
She swam for the Galashiels Amateur Swimming Club and represented the Scotland at the 1950 [British Empire Games|Scottish team] at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand, where she won the bronze medal in the 3×110 yd medley relay with Elenor Gordon and Margaret Girvan. At the time of the Games she was living at Wood Street in Galashiels and working as a stenographer.