Anita Lonsbrough

Anita Lonsbrough, later known as Anita Porter, is an English former swimmer who represented Great Britain and was born on 10 August 1941 in York. A breaststroke and medley specialist, she won golds at the 1958 and 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games before taking the 200 metre breaststroke at the 1960 Rome Olympics in a world record time of 2:49.5, one of only two British gold medals at those Games. She also competed at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, where she carried the British flag at the opening ceremony, the first woman to do so at a Summer Games for Great Britain. She won the first BBC Sports Personality of the Year award given to a woman in 1962, was awarded the MBE in 1963, was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1983, and later worked as a commentator and journalist.