Margaret Kelly (swimmer)

Margaret Kelly

Personal information
Full name	Margaret Mary Kelly
Nickname(s)	Maggie
Nationality	British
Born	22 September 1956 (1956-09-22) (age 55) Liverpool
Height	170
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Stroke(s)	Breaststroke
Club	Everton/Cardiff/Beckenham/Nottingham Leander
Medal record Women's swimming Competitor for  Great Britain Olympic Games Silver 1980 Moscow 4×100 m medley World Championships (LC) Bronze 1978 Berlin 100 m breaststroke Competitor for  England Commonwealth Games Silver 1978 Edmonton 100 m breaststroke Bronze 1978 Edmonton 200 m breaststroke Bronze 1978 Edmonton 4×100 m medley

Margaret Mary Kelly MBE (later Hohmann, born 22 September 1956) is a former British Olympic swimmer.

Kelly represented Great Britain at the 1976 and 1980 Olympic Games, winning silver in 1980 in the women's 4×100 m medley relay alongside Helen Jameson, Ann Osgerby and June Croft. At the 1976 Games she had competed in the 100 m and 200 m breaststroke and the 4×100 m medley relay, reaching the final in all three events. In 1980 she swam just the 100 m breaststroke in addition to the relay medal winning swim, where she finished fourth in the final in a time of 1:11.48. She came out of retirement to and represented GB at the 1988 Olympics (Seoul)after giving birth to her first child, Robbie.

She represented England at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada and the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand. She won a silver and two bronze medals at the 1978 edition of the Games. She went on to swim at her third Commonwealth Games in 1990 and was a finalist in the women's 100 breaststroke at the age of 33.

She now lives in Nottingham, has three children Robbie, Suki and Georgia and coaches the University of Nottingham Swim Team

External links

• British Olympic Association athlete profle
• sports-reference.com

Persondata
Name	Kelly, Margaret
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Date of birth	22 September 1956
Place of birth	Liverpool
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