Belle Moore, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Belle Moore

British swimmer, Olympic gold medallist

Date of Birth: 23-Oct-1894

Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 07-Mar-1975

Profession: swimmer

Nationality: United States, United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Belle Moore

  • Isabella "Belle" Mary Moore (23 October 1894 – 7 March 1975), later known by her married name Belle Cameron, was a Scottish competition swimmer who represented Great Britain in the Olympics. At the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, Moore won a gold medal as a member of the first-place British women's team in the 4×100-metre freestyle relay, together with teammates Jennie Fletcher, Annie Speirs and Irene Steer.
  • The British women set a new world record in the event of 5:52.8, beating the German and Austrian women's relay teams by a wide margin.
  • Swedish King Gustav V presented Moore and her teammates with their gold medals and Olympic laurels.Moore was trained as a longer-distance swimmer, but only 100-metre swimming events were available for women at the 1912 Olympics; she was eliminated in the semi-finals of the women's 100-metre freestyle.
  • At 17 years and 226 days old, she remains the youngest British woman to win an Olympic gold medal; she is also the only Scottish woman to win an Olympic gold medal in swimming.Moore was born the eighth child of nine in her family.
  • She started training in early age and by 17 already worked as a swimming instructor.
  • In 1919, she married George Cameron, a naval architect; together they moved to Maryland, United States, where Moore gave birth to a daughter, Doris, and son, George.
  • She spent the rest of her life in Maryland where she taught swimming to thousands of children.
  • She was posthumously inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame as an "Honor Pioneer Swimmer" in 1989.

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