• Anita Lonsbrough, MBE (born 10 August 1941 in York), later known by her married name Anita Porter, is a former swimmer from Great Britain who won a gold...
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  • and restaurateur Anita Lonsbrough MBE (born 1941), British swimmer Anita Loos (1889–1981), American screenwriter and playwright Anita Louise (1915–1970)...
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    born in Scholes; the York-born Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer, Anita Lonsbrough; and the Brighouse born inventor Wilf Lunn, who was raised in Rastrick...
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    She was the first woman to win swimming gold for Great Britain since Anita Lonsbrough in 1960. She was the first British swimmer to win more than one gold...
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     Anita Lonsbrough (ENG) Swimming 8th 1961  Stirling Moss (ENG) Formula One  Billy Walker (ENG) Boxing  Angela Mortimer (ENG) Tennis 9th 1962  Anita Lonsbrough (ENG)...
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  • breaststroke  Anita Lonsbrough (ENG) 1:21.3  Vivien Haddon (NZL) 1:21.3  Dorinda Fraser (ENG) 1:21.7 220 yd breaststroke  Anita Lonsbrough (ENG) 2:51.7...
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  • three consecutive females, for the first time since the 1960s, when Anita Lonsbrough, Dorothy Hyman and Mary Rand won it in consecutive years. Stuart Broad's...
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    2:50.3 Anita Lonsbrough July 25, 1959 Waalwijk, Netherlands 2:50.2 Wiltrud Urselmann June 6, 1960 Aachen, West Germany 2:49.5 Anita Lonsbrough August...
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  • (1940–), professional track cyclist and commentator, and his wife Anita Lonsbrough (1941–), swimmer, live in Tettenhall. Children's television presenter...
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    and was the first British swimmer to win an Olympic gold medal since Anita Lonsbrough in 1960. He is a member of the Scottish Sports Hall of Fame, the International...
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