Fletcher, Jenny

Jenny Fletcher ( born Jennie Fletcher , March 19, 1890 - January 17, 1968) - British swimmer, Olympic champion.

Jenny fletcher
Jennie fletcher
personal information
Floor	female
A country	Great Britain
Specialization
Date of Birth	March 19, 1890 ( 1890-03-19 )
Place of Birth	Leicester , UK
Date of death	January 17, 1968 ( 1968-01-17 ) (77 years)
Place of death	Bar (county) , Canada
Awards and medals Swimming Olympic Games Gold Stockholm 1912 relay race 4 × 100 m high Bronze Stockholm 1912 100 m / st

Jenny Fletcher was born in 1890 in a poor family in Leicester , where she was one of 11 children. She had to work 12 hours a day, 6 days a week, and she could only train after work, but despite this, from 1906 to 1912, she became a champion 6 times at a distance of 100 yards freestyle, and in 1909 established the world record. In 1912, at the Olympic Games in Stockholm, she won the gold medal in the 4 × 100 m freestyle relay and the bronze medal in the 100 m freestyle race.

Subsequently emigrated to Canada.

In 1971, Jenny Fletcher was included in the .