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Full name | Linda Amos | |||||||||||||||||||||||
National team | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Portsmouth, England | 22 June 1946|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Linda Amos (born 22 June 1946), later known by her married name Linda Skirton, is a British former competitive swimmer and freestyle specialist who represented Great Britain in the Olympics and European championships, and swam for England in the Commonwealth Games.[1]
Amos won a silver medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay as a member of the second-place British women's team at the 1962 European Aquatics Championships,[2] and a bronze medal as part of the English team in the 4×110-yard freestyle relay at the 1962 Commonwealth Games.[3] She also competed in the preliminary heats of the women's 100-metre freestyle at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[4][5][6]
After retiring from competition swimming, she moved into coaching, and currently coaches at junior level at Millfield Preparatory School.[7]