Joan Harrison (swimmer)

Joan Harrison

Personal information

Full name

Joan Cynthia Harrison

Nationality

Born

Sport

Strokes

Freestyle and Backstroke

Medal record

Joan Harrison (born 29 November 1935 in East London, Eastern Cape) is a South African swimmer and Olympic champion. She competed at the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, where she won the gold medal in the women's 100 m backstroke event.^[1]

Awards

↑ "1952 Olympics – Helsinki, Finland – Swimming" – databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved on 3 May 2008)
↑ "ISHOF 1982 Honorees" – International Swimming Hall of Fame (Retrieved on 3 May 2008)
↑ "JOAN HARRISON (RSA) – 1982 Honor Swimmer" – International Swimming Hall of Fame (Retrieved on 3 May 2008)

Commonwealth Champions in Women's 400 m Freestyle

1930: 400 yards 1934 – 1966: 440 yards 1970 – 2014: 400 metres

1930: Joyce Cooper (ENG) 1934: Phyllis Dewar (CAN) 1938: Dorothy Green (AUS) 1950: Joan Harrison (SAF) 1954: Lorraine Crapp (AUS) 1958: Ilsa Konrads (AUS) 1962: Dawn Fraser (AUS) 1966: Kathy Wainwright (AUS) 1970: Karen Moras (AUS) 1974: Jennifer Turrall (AUS) 1978: Tracey Wickham (AUS) 1982: Tracey Wickham (AUS) 1986: Sarah Hardcastle (ENG) 1990: Hayley Lewis (AUS) 1994: Hayley Lewis (AUS) 1998: Susie O'Neill (AUS) 2002: Rebecca Cooke (ENG) 2006: Caitlin McClatchey (SCO) 2010: Rebecca Adlington (ENG) 2014: Lauren Boyle (NZL)

Commonwealth Champions in Women's 100 m Backstroke

1930 – 1934: 100 yards 1938 – 1966: 110 yards 1970 – 2010: 100 metres

1930: Joyce Cooper (ENG) 1934: Phyllis Harding (ENG) 1938: Pat Norton (AUS) 1950: Judy-Joy Davies (AUS) 1954: Joan Harrison (SAF) 1958: Judy Grinham (ENG) 1962: Linda Ludgrove (ENG) 1966: Linda Ludgrove (ENG) 1970: Lynne Watson (AUS) 1974: Wendy Cook (CAN) 1978: Debra Forster (AUS) 1982: Lisa Forrest (AUS) 1986: Sylvia Hume (NZL) 1990: Nicole Livingstone (AUS) 1994: Nicole Stevenson (AUS) 1998: Giaan Rooney (AUS) 2002: Sarah Price (ENG) 2006: Sophie Edington (AUS) 2010: Emily Seebohm (AUS) 2014: Emily Seebohm (AUS)

Commonwealth Champions in Women's 4×100 m Freestyle Relay

1930: 4×100 Yards Freestyle 1934–1966: 4×110 Yards Freestyle 1970–2010: 4×100 Metres Freestyle

1930: England (J. Cooper, D. Cooper, Joynes, Harding) 1934: Canada (Dewar, Humble, Hutton, Pirie) 1938: Canada (Oxenbury, Lyon, Baggaley, Dewar) 1950: Australia (Spencer, Norton, Davies, McQuade) 1954: South Africa (Loveday, Harrison, Petzer, Myburgh) 1958: Australia (Colquhoun, Fraser, Crapp, Morgan) 1962: Australia (Fraser, Bell, Thorn, Everuss) 1966: Canada (Tanner, Hughes, Kennedy, Lay) 1970: Australia (Cain, Langford, Watts, Watson) 1974: Canada (Jardin, Smith, Amundrud, Wright) 1978: Canada (Klimpel, Amundrud, Sloan, Quirk) 1982: England (Gore, Willmott, Croft, Fibbens) 1986: Canada (Nugent, Kerr, Rai, Noall) 1990: Australia (Mullens, Wirdum, Curry-Kenny, O'Neill) 1994: Australia (Windsor, Lewis, Stevenson, O'Neill) 1998: Australia (Rooney, Denman, Thomas, O'Neill) 2002: Australia (Mills, Henry, Thomas, Ryan) 2006: Australia (Lenton, Henry, Mills, Reese) 2010: Australia (Coutts, Guehrer, Galvez, Seebohm) 2014: Australia (B. Campbell, Schlanger, McKeon, C. Campbell)