The British Swimming Championships - 100 metres backstroke winners formerly the (
Amateur Swimming Association (ASA) National Championships) are listed below. The event was originally contested over 110 yards and then switched to the metric conversion of 100 metres in 1971.
In 1960
Natalie Steward
Natalie Alwyne Steward (born 30 April 1943) is a former British Olympic swimmer.
Swimming career
Although Steward was born in Pretoria, South Africa, her family would later move to Bulawayo, Northern Rhodesia, for whom she would compete for at ...
set a world record of in the final. In 1962 final
Linda Ludgrove also set a new world record of 1.10.9 sec. In 1996 there was dead-heat in the women's final.
Kathy Read
Katherine Read (born 30 June 1969), also known by her married name Katherine Osher, is an English former backstroke swimmer who competed at three Olympic Games, in Los Angeles 1984, Seoul 1988 and Barcelona 1992. She holds the record of 42 Nat ...
(married name Osher) has won a record number of senior National titles (29), which includes ten 100 metres backstroke titles.
100 metres backstroke champions
See also
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British Swimming
British Swimming is the national governing body of swimming, water polo, synchronised swimming, diving and open water in Great Britain.
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List of British Swimming Championships champions
The governing body of swimming in the UK, British Swimming (organisation), organises annual British Championships in swimming. The event is usually held in March or April each year in a long course (50 m) swimming pool, with the results usua ...
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Swimming in the United Kingdom