| Biography | Judy Grinham MBE (born 5 March 1939, Hampstead, London, England) is a British Olympic swimmer.
Grinham competed in the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia, winning the 100m backstroke in 1 minute 12.9 seconds, a World record. She became the first Briton to win an Olympic swimming gold since Lucy Morton in 1924.
Grinham competed in the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales and won the 100m backstroke in 1:11.9. She went on to win a second gold medal in the four x 100m medley team and the 1958 European Championships in Budapest and won a gold in the 100m backstroke. This led to her being the first athlete in any sport to hold Olympic, Commonwealth and European Gold medals, at the same time.
In 2007, she was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the Queens Birthday Honours list, 50 years after winning gold in Melbourne. |