Judy Grinham

Judy Grinham MBE (born March 5 1939) is a British Olympic swimmer. She was born in the London suburb of Neasden and was married there in 1962 in St. Catherine's Church.

Grinham competed in the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia, winning the gold medal in the 100 m Backstroke in a time of 1:12.9 seconds, setting a new world record. In doing so, she became the first British swimmer to win an Olympic swimming title since Lucy Morton in 1924.

Grinham also competed in the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales where she won the 110 yards Backstoke gold medal in a time of 1:11.9 seconds. She went on to become the first person to hold Olympic, European and Commonwealth titles at the same time,

In 2007, she was awarded an MBE.

See also

* Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the 1956 Summer Olympics