Maureen Pitchfork
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Maureen Pitchfork (born 1934) is an English former swimmer and coach.
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In 1949 at age 14, the Mansfield Woodhouse schoolgirl gained one of twelve places offered by the English Amateur Swimming Association for a coaching programme aimed at the 1952 Olympic Games.
Pitchfork represented England in the 110-yard backstroke and 330-yard medley relay at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Vancouver, Canada,[1][2] threw discus for Great Britain in 1962[3] and for some time coached swimmer Rebecca Adlington.[4]