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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1917-02-04)4 February 1917 Leicester, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | September 1996 (aged 79) Leicester, England | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Event | Breaststroke | ||||||||||||||
| Club | United Ladies' SC, Leicester | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Vera Kingston (4 February 1917 – September 1996), later known by her married nameVera Robinson, was an English competitionswimmer of the 1930s who represented Great Britain in the Olympics and swam for England in the British Empire Games.[1]
Kingston was born inLeicester, England and was a member of the United Ladies' Swimming Club of Leicester.[2]
She representedEngland at the 1934 British Empire Games[3] in London, where she competed in the200 yards breaststroke and the 3×110 medley relay events,[4] winning a silver medal.[5]
At the1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, she was eliminated in the first round of the200-metre breaststroke event.[6]
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