Dorothy Elizabeth Harrison (born 16 March 1950) is a retired English international swimmer.

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Dorothy Harrison

Personal information
Full name	Dorothy Elizabeth Harrison
National team	Great Britain
Born	(1950-03-16) 16 March 1950 (age 74)
Height	1.62 m (5 ft 4 in)
Weight	51 kg (112 lb; 8.0 st)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Breaststroke
Club	Hartlepool SC
Medal record Women's swimming Representing  Great Britain European Championships 1970 Barcelona 200 m breaststroke Representing  England British Commonwealth Games 1970 Edinburgh 100 m breaststroke 1970 Edinburgh 200 m breaststroke 1970 Edinburgh 4×100 m medley

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She represented Great Britain in the Olympic Games and European championships and won a bronze medal in the 200-metre breaststroke at the 1970 European Aquatics Championships.^[1] She competed in five breaststroke and medley relay events at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics; her best achievements were sixth place in the 4×100-metre medley relay in 1968 and eighth place in the 100-metre breaststroke in 1972.^[2] In the medley relay she competed with Margaret Auton, Wendy Burrell and Alexandra Jackson.^[3]

She also represented England and won three silver medals in the 100 and 200 metres breaststroke events and the 4 x 100 metres medley relay, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.^[4][5][6]

At the ASA National British Championships she won the 100 metres breaststroke title in 1971 ^[7] and the 220 yards/200 metres breaststroke titles in 1969, 1970 and 1971.^[8][9][10]