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Winifred Griffin

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Winifred Ashby
Griffin in 1956
Personal information
Birth nameWinifred Clare Griffin
Born(1932-11-17)17 November 1932
Kawakawa, New Zealand
Died11 December 2018(2018-12-11) (aged 86)
Hibiscus Coast, New Zealand
SpouseKerry Ashby
RelativeMurray Ashby (brother-in-law)
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportSwimming
Achievements and titles
National finals220 yards freestyle champion (1951, 1953, 1955, 1957)
440 yards freestyle champion (1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1957)
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Women's Swimming
British Empire Games
Silver medal – second place 1950 Auckland 4 x 110 yd freestyle

Winifred Clare "Winkie" Ashby (née Griffin, 17 November 1932 – 11 December 2018) was a New Zealand freestyle swimmer. At the 1950 British Empire Games she won the silver medal as part of the 4 x 110 yards freestyle relay.[1] She was also a member of the New Zealand 3 x 100 yards medley relay team that was disqualified.[1] Individually she placed fourth in the 440 yards freestyle and sixth in the 110 yards freestyle.[1] She also competed in the 440 and 110 yards freestyle at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.[1]

Her only Olympic Games appearance was in 1956 at Melbourne where she swam 100 m and 400 m freestyle, and was eliminated in the heats.[2]

Griffin won nine New Zealand national swimming titles: the 220 yards freestyle in 1951, 1953, 1955 and 1957; and the 440 yards freestyle in 1951, 1953, 1954, 1955, and 1957.[3]

She was married to rower Kerry Ashby, who died in 2015.[4] Winifred Ashby died of cancer on the Hibiscus Coast, north of Auckland, on 11 December 2018.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Winifred C. Griffin". Commonwealth Games Federation. 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  2. ^ Winifred Griffin. sports-reference.com
  3. ^ McLintock, A.H., ed. (1966). "Swimming – national championships". An Encyclopaedia of New Zealand. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  4. ^ a b "Winifred Ashby death notice". New Zealand Herald. 18 December 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.