Christine Gosden
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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 November 1939 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb; 11.2 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke, Butterfly | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Croydon SC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Christine Lorraine Gosden (born 17 November 1939), also known by her married name Christine Parfect, is a female retired British swimmer who competed in the 200-metre breaststroke event at the 1956 and 1960 Summer Olympics and finished eighth in 1956.[1]
Biography
[edit]In May 1958 she took part in the Empire Games trials in Blackpool[2] and subsequently represented the English team[3] at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales. She competed in the 220 yards breaststroke event winning a bronze medal and helped England claim the gold medal in the final of the women's 4 x 110 yards medley relay, with Judy Grinham, Anita Lonsbrough and Diana Wilkinson.[4][5]
She also won a bronze medal in the 4×100-metre medley relay at the 1958 European Aquatics Championships[6] At the ASA National British Championships she won the 220 yards breaststroke title and the 110 yards butterfly title in 1957.[7][8]
References
[edit]- ↑ Christine Gosden. sports-reference.com
- ↑ "Sykes and Symonds chosen for trials". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 28 May 1958. p. 11. Retrieved 16 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "Wales Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
- ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 29 July 2019. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ↑ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
- ↑ Christine GOSDEN. les-sports.info
- ↑ ""Miss Grinham Shows Her Versatility." Times, 14 September 1957, p. 10". Times Digital Archive.
- ↑ ""13-Year-Old Swimmer Of The Year." Times, 16 September 1957, p. 12". Times Digital Archive.
External links
[edit]- Christine Gosden at World Aquatics
- Christine Gosden at SwimRankings.net
- Christine Gosden at Olympics.com
- Christine Gosden at Team GB
- Christine Gosden at Olympedia
- Christine Gosden at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Christine Gosden at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Christine Gosden at InterSportStats
- 1939 births
- Living people
- Swimmers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Swimmers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Olympic swimmers for Great Britain
- English female breaststroke swimmers
- British female breaststroke swimmers
- European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in swimming
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists in swimming
- Summer World University Games medalists in swimming
- Swimmers at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for Great Britain
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Great Britain
- Medalists at the 1959 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 1961 Summer Universiade
- Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- English female butterfly swimmers
- British female butterfly swimmers
- English female freestyle swimmers
- British female freestyle swimmers
- Sportspeople from York
- 20th-century English sportswomen
