Margaret McDowall

Margaret Gibson McDowall (10 January 1936 – 31 December 2009) was a Scottish female competitive swimmer who represented Scotland and participated in the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Swimming career McDowall was educated at Kilmarnock Academy and was a member of the Scottish Swimming Team from the age of 14. Unusually she practiced in the local municipal swimming baths in Kilmarnock rather than any purpose-built training facility.

She was a member of the three-woman relay team at the 1954 Commonwealth games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and at the ASA National British Championships she won the 110 yards backstroke title four times (1950, 1951, 1952, 1953).

She was selected for the 1958 Scottish team for the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where she competed in the 110 yards backstroke.

McDowall died on 31 December 2009, at the age of 73.