Lucy Morton (23 February 1898 – 26 August 1980), later known by her married name Lucy Heaton, was an English competition

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who represented Great Britain at the

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and won a gold medal in the 200-metre breaststroke event. Morton was born in 1898 at New Tatton in Cheshire, her father Alfred was in domestic service as a groom.Win Hayes,
Morton, Lucy (1898–1980)
, ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'', Oxford University Press (October 2007). Retrieved 25 May 2015. The family moved to Blackpool and by the age of 10 Morton had joined the local amateur swimming club. By 1920 Morton held the world record for the 200-yard breaststroke and in 1924 was chosen to be part of the British team at the

in Paris. Morton won the women's 200-metre breaststroke race, and became the first British woman to win an Olympic gold medal for swimming in an individual (non-relay) event. Morton retired from competitive swimming after the Olympics and married Harry Heaton in 1927. She continued supporting swimming events for the rest of her life serving as a competitors' steward when she was aged 72. She died in Blackpool in 1980. She was inducted posthumously into the

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as an "Honor Pioneer Swimmer" in 1988.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Morton, Lucy 1898 births 1980 deaths People from Knutsford English female swimmers Female breaststroke swimmers Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Olympic swimmers of Great Britain Swimmers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in swimming

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