| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Birth name | Barbara Elizabeth Evans | |||||||||||
| Nationality | Australian | |||||||||||
| Born | 28 January 1940 | |||||||||||
| Died | 23 June 2021 (aged 81) | |||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||
| Sport | Swimming | |||||||||||
| Strokes | Breaststroke | |||||||||||
| Club | Drummoyne Swimming Club | |||||||||||
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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]
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]
References
- ^ a b c "Vale Barbara Sargeant (nee Evans)". Swimming Australia. 1 July 2021. Archived from the original on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ "Barbara Evans". Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Barbara Evans Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
External links
- Barbara Evans at Olympedia
- Barbara Evans at the Australian Olympic Committee
- Barbara Evans at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
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