Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p Lucy Morton (23 February 1898 – 26 August 1980) was a British swimmer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in the 200 m breaststroke event.Morton was born on 23 February 1898 at New Tatton in Cheshire, her father Alfred was in domestic service as a groom. The family moved to Blackpool and by the age of ten Morton had joined the local amateur swimming club. By 1920 Morton held the world record for the 200 yards breastroke and in 1924 was chosen to be part of the British team at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. Morton won the 200m breaststroke race and became the first British woman to win an Olympic gold medal for swimming.Morton retired from competitive swimming after the olympics and married Harry Heaton in 1927. She continued supporting swimming events for the rest of her life serving as a competitors's steward when she was aged 72. In 1988 as a pioneer swimmer she became part of the Inrternational Swimming Hall of Fame, she died in Blackpool on 26 August 1980.. }
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- Lucy_Morton abstract "Lucy Morton (23 February 1898 – 26 August 1980) was a British swimmer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics and won a gold medal in the 200 m breaststroke event.Morton was born on 23 February 1898 at New Tatton in Cheshire, her father Alfred was in domestic service as a groom. The family moved to Blackpool and by the age of ten Morton had joined the local amateur swimming club. By 1920 Morton held the world record for the 200 yards breastroke and in 1924 was chosen to be part of the British team at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris. Morton won the 200m breaststroke race and became the first British woman to win an Olympic gold medal for swimming.Morton retired from competitive swimming after the olympics and married Harry Heaton in 1927. She continued supporting swimming events for the rest of her life serving as a competitors's steward when she was aged 72. In 1988 as a pioneer swimmer she became part of the Inrternational Swimming Hall of Fame, she died in Blackpool on 26 August 1980.".