Caroline Tamlyn (born 1955) is a British former

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Swimming career

Tamlyn won the British Championship over 200 metres breaststroke. Tamyln represented

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in the breaststroke, butterfly and medley events, at the

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. She swam for the Beckenham Ladies Swimming Club and was the 1970 Junior Champion of Kent.

References

1955 births Living people British female swimmers Swimmers at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games British female breaststroke swimmers British female butterfly swimmers British female medley swimmers Commonwealth Games competitors for England People from Bromley Swimmers from the London Borough of Bromley {{UK-swimming-bio-stub