Nancy Anderson Long Riach was a Scottish swimmer who in 1945 held 28 British and Scottish records in various swimming disciplines.
11 Facts About Nancy Riach
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Nancy Riach went to Dalziel High School and trained to become a teacher and was employed by Lanarkshire education authority.
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Nancy Riach was a member of the Motherwell Amateur Swimming and Water Polo Club based at the local corporation baths.
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Nancy Riach won her first championship in 1938, broke her first Scottish record at the age of 15 and by 1945 held 28 Scottish and British records.
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Nancy Riach won the 1946 and 1947 ASA National Championship 110 yards freestyle title, the 1946 National Championship 220 yards freestyle title and the 1946 National Championship 440 yards freestyle title.
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Nancy Riach won the 100 metres freestyle title in the World Student Games in Paris in the summer of 1947.
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Nancy Riach died on the morning of 15 September 1947 before her parents arrived from Scotland.
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Nancy Riach was buried, in her swimming costume, in Airdrie on 20 September 1947.
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Nancy Riach was considered to be one of the greatest swimmers of her generation.
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Nancy Riach has been the finest ambassador of sport that Scotland or any other country within the British Empire has ever turned out.
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Nancy Riach was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame in 2002, and into the Scottish Swimming Hall of Fame in 2010.