Anita Lonsborough
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Anita Lonsborough MBE (born August 10, 1941 in Huddersfield) is a former swimmer from Great Britain.
She was the first female flag bearer for Britain when she carried the flag in the 1964 Summer Olympics. She was also the first woman to swim the 200 metres breaststroke in under 2mins 50 seconds, when she beat Wiltrud Urselmann.
Lonsborough was a Treasurer's Office clerk employed at the Huddersfield Town Hall. She won her first Gold Medal for swimming in the 1958 Empire Games in Cardiff. Five world records and seven gold medals followed until her retirement in 1964. At one time she held the Olympic Gold Medal, Empire and European medals at the same time.
Lonsborough was the first woman winner of BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1962. She currently is a sports commentator and journalist, and lives with her husband, Hugh Porter, in Wolverhampton.
| Preceded by Stirling Moss |
BBC Sports Personality of the Year 1962 |
Succeeded by Dorothy Hyman |
