Ann Baxter (swimmer)

Baxter, born in 1947, came to prominence in September 1962, after breaking the British records for the 100 and 110 yards breaststroke.^[1] She was a member of the Dunfermline Carnegie Swimming Club^[2] and subsequently was called up to represent Scotland at international level.^[3]

She represented the 1962 Scottish Team^[4] at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia,^[5] participating in the breaststroke events^[6] and reaching the final of 110 yards breaststroke event.^[7]

Baxter was a multiple Scottish champion and British record holder and her father was bank manager and official for the Scottish Swimming Association.^[8] She went to her second Commonwealth Games at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Jamaica.^[9]