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Ellen King Biography & Facts

Ellen Elizabeth King (16 January 1909 – 3 February 1994) was a Scottish competitive swimmer who represented Great Britain twice in the Olympics, and Scotland at the inaugural British Empire Games. King was a versatile swimmer, and competed in various backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle swimming events.As a 15-year-old at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, although ill, she competed in the semi-finals of the 100-metre backstroke and finished with the seventh best time overall. At 15, she was the youngest member of the British team.Four years later at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, King won two silver medals. She won the first medal as a member of the British women's team in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, together with her teammates Joyce Cooper, Cissie Stewart and Iris Tanner, coming second behind the American women. In individual competition, she won her second silver in the 100-metre backstroke, finishing second behind Dutch swimmer Marie Braun and ahead of British teammate Joyce Cooper. King had set a new world record in her semi-final heat, only to have it broken by Braun in her own qualifying heat. In the late 1920s King set the world records in the 150-yard and 220-yard breaststroke.At the inaugural 1930 British Empire Games in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, she won a silver medal in the 100-yard freestyle and a bronze medal in the 200-yard breaststroke. As a member of the Scottish relay team with Jean McDowell, Cissie Stewart, and Jessie McVey, she won her second bronze medal in the 4×100-yard freestyle competition. On the journey to Canada, on board ship, she maintained her fitness by using a punchball. Ellen King attended James Gillespie's High School, swam for the Warrender Baths Club in Scotland and was a swimming teacher at Edinburgh schools for 40 years until her retirement in 1974. In 1928, she established the Zenith Ladies Amateur Swimming Club in response to the constraints imposed on her by male administrators who did not provide her or other female swimmers in the club enough opportunities to compete. In 2002, she was inducted into the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame. See also List of Olympic medalists in swimming (women)References External links Ellen King at World Aquatics Ellen King at Olympics.com Ellen King at Olympedia Ellen King at the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame. Discover the Ellen King popular books. Find the top 100 most popular Ellen King books.

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  • Annihilation synopsis, comments

    Annihilation

    Megan DeVos

    THIRTY MILLION READERS WORLDWIDE. INCLUDES EXCLUSIVE NEVER BEFORE SEEN CHAPTER.'The Hunger Games meets The Road' MTVThis is the end of us all.For Hayden and Grace, the threat of w...

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    Parker Shines On

    Parker Curry & Jessica Curry

    The New York Times bestselling team behind Parker Looks Up returns with an uplifting story about Parker making a new friend and learning about selfexpression, opening your heart, a...

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    Full Moon Kisses

    Ellen Schreiber

    This enticing paranormal romance featuring werewolves and the popular girl who loves them is a great conclusion to the Full Moon series.What will Celeste do now that both her heroi...

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    Anarchy

    Megan DeVos

    THIRTY MILLION READERS WORLDWIDE.'I reread them again recently and fell in love all over again!!!' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'I could NOT put it down' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'READ IT! You'll love it' ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐The world is d...

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    The 2000s Made Me Gay

    Grace Perry

    From The Onion and Reductress contributor, this collection of essays is a hilarious nostalgic trip through beloved 2000s media, interweaving cultural criticism and personal narrati...

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    Rats Saw God

    Rob Thomas

    Steve details his descent from bright star to burnout in this newly repackaged edition of the definitive, highly acclaimed novel from the creator of Veronica Mars and Party Down.Ho...

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    When Things Get Dark

    Ellen Datlow, Joyce Carol Oates, Josh Malerman, Carmen Maria Machado & Paul Tremblay

    The Stoker Awardwinning chilling anthology of 18 short stories in tribute to the genius of Shirley Jackson, collecting today’s best horror writers. Featuring Joyce Carol Oates, Jos...

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    Knight of Pleasure

    Margaret Mallory

    THE GREATEST PASSION Lady Isobel Hume is an expert swordswoman who knows how to choose her battles. When the king asks her to wed a French nobleman to form a political alliance, ...

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    Parker Looks Up

    Parker Curry & Jessica Curry

    A New York Times bestseller!A visit to Washington, DC’s National Portrait Gallery forever alters Parker Curry’s young life when she views First Lady Michelle Obama’s portrait.When ...

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    The EvoAngel

    Ellen King Rice

    This epigenetic thriller set in the Pacific Northwest tells the story of an elderly mushroom hunter with an unusual health problem. Edna Morton has sprouted feathers. A trip to th...

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    Undergrowth

    Ellen King Rice

    Ellen King Rice delivers a new thriller set in the woods of the Pacific Northwest a story of suspense, mushrooms, alternative economies and dark forest dwellers.Retired botanist D...

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    Magic of the Moonlight

    Ellen Schreiber

    Beware of a bite under a full moon . . . It will complicate your love life.Celeste has more to worry about than a secret romance with a hot guy from the wrong side of town. That gu...

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    Lichenwald

    Ellen King Rice

    Lichenwald Lichenwald is the newest "mushroom thriller" from Ellen King Rice. This sciencebased adventure delves into the vibrant diversity of the Pacific Northwest with a sto...

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    Pennyblade

    J.L. Worrad

    A sharptongued disgracednobleturnedmercenary has to stop the world collapsing into chaos in this gripping, savagely funny epic fantasy packed with unforgettable characters, for fan...

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    Kissing Ellen King

    Alexander S. Bauer

    Fifteen year old Ellen King and twenty year old Jack Chandler have shared a special bond since childhood. When their relationship matures and rumors start to swirl, Jack is accused...

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    The Answer

    John Assaraf

    A key team member behind The Secret and his business partner offer the specific tools and mental strategies to help readers leap ahead in any career or business venture and achiev...

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    Tsarina

    Ellen Alpsten

    "Makes Game of Thrones look like a nursery rhyme." Daisy Goodwin, New York Times bestselling author of The Fortune Hunter“[Alpsten] recounts this remarkable woman’s colourful life ...

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    Loyalty

    Megan DeVos

    THIRTY MILLION READERS WORLDWIDE. INCLUDES EXCLUSIVE NEVER BEFORE SEEN CHAPTER.'The Hunger Games meets The Road' MTVDon't look back. That's where the danger lies.With Grace left r...

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    Revolution

    Megan DeVos

    THIRTY MILLION READERS WORLDWIDE. INCLUDES EXCLUSIVE NEVER BEFORE SEEN CHAPTER.'The Hunger Games meets The Road' MTVYou fight, you kill, you steal, you lie.... or you die. As war ...