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English swimmer

NationalityBritish (English)

BornQ3. 1954^[1]

Event

Sheena Grant
Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	Q3. 1954^[1] Rugby, Warwickshire, England^[2]
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Event	Backstroke
Club	Rugby Baths Wythenshawe SC, Manchester

Sheena M. Grant (born 1954) is a retired female swimmer who represented England at the Commonwealth Games.

Grant specialised in the backstroke^[3] and in 1967 she won three titles at the Midland District swimming championships.^[4]

She was a member of the Rugby Baths, where she was a superintendent, before moving to Wythenshawe in Manchester.^[5] She was a Great Britain international at both junior and senior level.^[6]

Grant represented the England team^[7] at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland,^[8] where she participated in the 200 metres backstroke event.

In 1972, she studied at Madeley College in Staffordshire.^[9]

References

↑ "Sheena Grant impressive". Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail. 26 October 1968. p. 25. Retrieved 28 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Index entry". FreeBMD. ONS. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
↑ "Sheena third at Blackpool". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 8 August 1968. p. 36. Retrieved 28 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Sheena Grant takes three swim titles". Rugby Advertiser. 30 June 1967. p. 18. Retrieved 28 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "This is only the start for Sheena". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 10 May 1969. p. 15. Retrieved 28 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "County stars at Runcorn". Runcorn Weekly News. 24 September 1970. p. 14. Retrieved 28 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "England Edinburgh 1970". Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2026.
↑ "Lesley in Games at 12". Daily Mirror. 15 June 1970. p. 30. Retrieved 29 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.
↑ "Sheena Grant". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 13 May 1972. p. 14. Retrieved 28 January 2026 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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