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Kathleen Mayoh - Sport Personalities

Kathleen Mayoh
First Name Kathleen
Last Name Mayoh
Category Swimming
Biography In 1951 Farnworth’s Kathleen became the first woman to swim Lake Windermere and she made her first English Channel crossing a year later. She failed to repeat the feat in a 1953 Butlins-sponsored race when the tide turned but was declared the winner as she was closest to shore.