Margaret Girvan
Margaret Therese Girvan was a Scottish swimmer who competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics and two Commonwealth Games.
Biography
As a schoolgirl in 1944, Girvan won the Motherwell & Wishaw Schools 50 Yards Girls’ Championship.She 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 Betty Turner.
Girvan competed for Great Britain in the 400 metre and 4 × 100 metres freestyle events at the 1956 Olympics and reached the final in the Swimming at the [1956 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay|relay]. She represented Scotland at the British Empire Games in 1950, 1954 and 1958 and won one gold and two bronze medals. She won the 1956 ASA British [Swimming Championships - 400 metres freestyle winners|National Championship 440 yards freestyle] title.