Edna Tildesley Hughes (1 August 1916 – 17 November 1990), later known by her married name Edna Redwood, was an English competition

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

who represented Great Britain in the

1932 Summer Olympics The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932 in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held duri ...

and

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

. She was born in

Walsall Walsall (, or ; locally ) is a market town and administrative centre in the West Midlands (county), West Midlands County, England. Historic counties of England, Historically part of Staffordshire, it is located north-west of Birmingham, east ...

and died in Ceredigion. In the 1932 Olympics she won bronze medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay event. She was also fourth in her first round heat of 100 m freestyle event and did not advance. Four years later she was sixth in the 4×100 m freestyle relay event.

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Edna Hughes' profile at Sports Reference.com
1916 births 1990 deaths Sportspeople from Walsall English female swimmers English female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Swimmers at the 1932 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Swimmers at the 1934 British Empire Games Swimmers at the 1938 British Empire Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Olympic bronze medalists in swimming European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1932 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming 20th-century English women Medallists at the 1934 British Empire Games Medallists at the 1938 British Empire Games {{UK-swimming-Olympic-medalist-stub

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