As a 15 year old, Beckett represented Australia at the 1956 Summer Olympics in the Women's 100 meters backstroke where she was placed second in the second heat clocking at time of 1:14.8. She was placed eighth in the finals clocking a time of 1:14.7. Beckett also participated in the 1960 Summer Olympics at Rome in the Women's 100 meters backstroke and Women's 4x100 meters medley relay. The Australian relay team came second in the race.[1][2]
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^ abEvans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
^Morcombe, John (26 August 2016). "Crowds cheer on trio of northern beaches stars at 1956 Games". Manly Daily. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
gergaynia, beckett, amber, née, shelley, born, november, 1940, former, australian, swimmer, competed, 1956, summer, olympics, 1960, summer, olympics, personal, informationbirth, nameamber, gergaynia, shelleynationalityaustralianborn, 1940, november, 1940, sydn. Amber Gergaynia Beckett nee Shelley born 25 November 1940 is a former Australian swimmer She competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics 1 Gergaynia BeckettPersonal informationBirth nameAmber Gergaynia ShelleyNationalityAustralianBorn 1940 11 25 25 November 1940 age 83 Sydney AustraliaSportSportSwimmingStrokesBackstrokeMedal record Representing AustraliaOlympic GamesBritish Empire and Commonwealth Games1958 Cardiff 4 110 yd medleyAs a 15 year old Beckett represented Australia at the 1956 Summer Olympics in the Women s 100 meters backstroke where she was placed second in the second heat clocking at time of 1 14 8 She was placed eighth in the finals clocking a time of 1 14 7 Beckett also participated in the 1960 Summer Olympics at Rome in the Women s 100 meters backstroke and Women s 4x100 meters medley relay The Australian relay team came second in the race 1 2 References edit a b Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Gerganiya Beckitt Olympic Results Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 18 April 2020 Retrieved 8 October 2016 Morcombe John 26 August 2016 Crowds cheer on trio of northern beaches stars at 1956 Games Manly Daily Retrieved 8 May 2021 External links editGergaynia Beckett at Olympedia nbsp Gergaynia Beckett at the Australian Olympic Committee nbsp Gergaynia Beckett at the Commonwealth Games Federation archived nbsp nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to an Australian swimmer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Gergaynia Beckett amp oldid 1156928154, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
