Grace McKenzie (8 July 1903 – August 1988) was an

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swimmer from Garston,

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, who competed in the

1920 Summer Olympics The 1920 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1920; nl, Olympische Zomerspelen van 1920; german: Olympische Sommerspiele 1920), officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIe olympiade; nl, Spelen van ...

and

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...

. In the 1920 Olympics she won a silver medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay event and was third in the first round of 100 m freestyle event and fourth in the first round of 300 m freestyle event and did not advance in both occasions. Four years later in

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she won a silver medal in the 4×100 m freestyle relay event.

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Grace McKenzie's profile at databaseOlympics
* 1903 births 1988 deaths Sportspeople from Liverpool English female swimmers English female freestyle swimmers Olympic swimmers for Great Britain Swimmers at the 1920 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1920 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in swimming People from Garston 20th-century English women {{UK-swimming-Olympic-medalist-stub

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