Olive Louise Wadham (née ''Joynes'', 23 March 1909 – 20 October 2004) was an

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who competed for

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in the

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 Christchurch, Hampshire and died in

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. In 1936 she was a member of the British relay team which finished sixth in the 4×100 metre freestyle relay event. In the 100 metre freestyle competition she was eliminated in the semifinals. At the 1930 British Empire Games she won the gold medal with the English team in the 4×100 yards freestyle relay event.

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1909 births 2004 deaths People from Christchurch, Dorset English female swimmers Olympic swimmers of Great Britain Swimmers at the 1930 British Empire Games Swimmers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming English female freestyle swimmers Commonwealth Games medallists in swimming {{UK-swimming-bio-stub