Barbara Sargeant
Australian swimmer (1940–2021)
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Barbara Elizabeth Sargeant (née Evans; 28 January 1940 – 23 June 2021)[1] was an Australian swimmer.[2] She competed in the women's 200 metre breaststroke at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[3]
NationalityAustralian
BornBarbara Elizabeth Evans
28 January 1940
28 January 1940
Died23 June 2021 (aged 81)
SportSwimming
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| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||
| Born | Barbara Elizabeth Evans 28 January 1940 | |||||||||||
| Died | 23 June 2021 (aged 81) | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||
| Club | Drummoyne Swimming Club | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Two years after 1956 Olympic Games, she won the silver medal in the 4 × 100 m medley relay and finished fifth in the 200m breaststroke final at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[1]
She married Graham Sargeant, who also had a swimming background and won an Australian junior surf belt championship. She had two children - former Hockeyroo Megan Oman (née Sargeant) and son Andrew.[1]
