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Sporting Witness: Lady Swimmers of the 1920s

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Lady Swimmers of the 1920s

24/09/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - Sporting Witness, Lady Swimmers of the 1920s

How three British women swimmers took the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics by storm.

In the Roaring Twenties, women's swimming was a glamorous sport and the best athletes were household names around the world. In 1928, three British swimmers - Joyce Cooper, Jean McDowell and Cissie Stewart - took the Amsterdam Olympics by storm. They shared their memories with the oral historian, Anita Tedder. The programme is a Whistledown Production. It was first broadcast in 2011.

Photo: The British women's team in Holland.

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