Jean McDowell

Jean H. McDowell (later Burnett, born 22 September 1908 in Edinburgh,[1] died 2 February 2000[2]) was a Scottish freestyle swimmer who competed for Great Britain in the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Jean McDowell
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Scotland
British Empire Games
1930 Hamilton 4×100 yd freestyle
1934 London 100 yd freestyle
1934 London 3×110 yd medley
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
1931 Paris 4×100 m freestyle

In 1928 she finished fourth the 100 metre freestyle event.[3]

Two years later she won the bronze medal with the Scottish team in 4×100 yards freestyle competition at the 1930 British Empire Games with Cissie Stewart, Ellen King and Jessie McVey).[4] At the Aquatics at the 1934 British Empire Games she won the bronze medal in the 100 yards freestyle contest as well as a bronze medal with the Scottish team in the 3×110 yards medley event (with Margot Hamilton and Margaret McCullum).[4] She won a silver medal at the 1931 European Aquatics Championships as part of the 4×100 metres Freestyle Relay (with Valerie Davies, Phyllis Harding, and Joyce Cooper).[5]

In Scotland she swam for Warrender Baths Club[2] where she won five Scottish Swimming Championships.[6] She lived for many years in North Berwick East of Edinburgh,[7] and became President of the Scottish Ladies Golfing Association and Chairman of the British Ladies Golf Union.[2]

References
  1. Daniels, Stephanie (Spring 1999) Swimming to the very end - British Swimming Memories of 1928, Amsterdam Archived 2013-11-10 at the Wayback Machine Journal of Olympics History, copy of article retrieved from the web 10 November 2013
  2. Tedder, Anita and Daniels, Stephanie (12 February 2000) Jean Burnett The Herald, Retrieved 25 January 2013
  3. Gilmore, Jamie, editor (1990) "One Hundred Years of Warrender Baths Club 1888-1988" Macdonald Lindsay Pindar plc, Edinburgh, ISBN 0-9516787-0-1
  4. "One Hundred Years of Scottish Swimming", Peter Bilsborough, 1988, Scottish Amateur Swimming Association
  5. (2015) Jewan McDowell Archived 2012-10-18 at the Wayback Machine SR/Olympic Sports, Retrieved 15 June 2015
  6. (2015) Jean McDowell (Jean Burnett) 1908 - 2000 The Gazetteer for Scotland, Retrieved 16 June 2-015
  7. (2011) Olympic Women Archived 2015-06-17 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 15 June 2015


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