Anita Lonsbrough would be the last British woman to win Olympic gold in swimming until Rebecca Adlington gained the gold in the 2008 Summer Olympics, 48 years later.
12 Facts About Anita Lonsbrough
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Anita Lonsbrough won the 1963 ASA National Championship 220 yards freestyle title, and was a five times winner of the National Championship 220 yards breaststroke title, which included a world record in the 1962 final.
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Anita Lonsbrough won the 440 yards medley title twice in 1963 and 1964.
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Anita Lonsbrough was to compete in the 400 metres freestyle, but did not start.
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Anita Lonsbrough became a Treasurer's Office clerk employed at the Huddersfield Town Hall.
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Anita Lonsbrough won her first gold medal for swimming in the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff.
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Anita Lonsbrough is married to cycling commentator and former leading British professional track cyclist Hugh Porter; they met travelling to Tokyo for the 1964 Summer Olympics and married on Thursday 17 June 1965 at St Peter's Church, Huddersfield.
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Anita Lonsbrough worked as a swimming commentator for BBC radio for many years alongside Peter Jones.
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Anita Lonsbrough is currently a sports commentator and journalist for The Daily Telegraph, under the name Anita Lonsbrough-Porter.
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Anita Lonsbrough was the first woman winner of BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1962.
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Anita Lonsbrough was awarded an MBE in 1963 for services to swimming.
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Anita Lonsbrough was the first female flag bearer for Great Britain at the Summer Games when she carried the flag in the opening ceremony of the 1964 Summer Olympics, after previously turning down the role at the 1960 Summer Olympics.