Linda Amos

Linda Amos
Personal information
Full name Linda Amos
National team  Great Britain
Born (1946-06-22) 22 June 1946
Portsmouth, England
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 73 kg (161 lb; 11.5 st)
Sport
Sport Swimming
Strokes Freestyle

Linda Amos (born 22 June 1946), later known by her married name Linda Skirton, is a British former competitive swimmer and freestyle specialist who represented Great Britain in the Olympics and European championships, and swam for England in the Commonwealth Games. Amos won a silver medal in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay as a member of the second-place British women's team at the 1962 European Aquatics Championships,[1] and a bronze medal as part of the English team in the 4×110-yard freestyle relay at the 1962 Commonwealth Games.[2] She also competed in the preliminary heats of the women's 100-metre freestyle at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.[3]

After retiring from competition swimming, she moved into coaching, and currently coaches at junior level at Millfield Preparatory School.[4]

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