Nan Rae

Nan Rae

Personal information
Full name	Agnes W. Nancy Rae
Nationality	British (Scottish)
Born	(1944-01-14) 14 January 1944 (age 82) Motherwell, Scotland
Height	1.56 m (5 ft 1 in)
Weight	53 kg (117 lb)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Event	Freestyle
Club	Motherwell AS & WP Club
Medal record Representing  Great Britain European Championships 1958 Budapest 400 m freestyle

Agnes W. Nancy Rae (born 13 January 1944) is a Scottish former competitive swimmer who competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Rae won a bronze medal in the women's 400-metre freestyle at the 1958 European Aquatics Championships.^[1]

She was selected for the 1958 Scottish team^[2] for the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, where she competed in the 440 yards freestyle.^[3]

At the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome, she finished sixth in the 400 metres freestyle.^[4][5]

She won the 1961 ASA National Championship 220 yards freestyle title and the 440 yards freestyle.^[6][7]

References

1. Nancy RAE. les-sports.info
2. "Lindsay chosen for Scots athletics team". The Scotsman. 2 June 1958. p. 9. Retrieved 4 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
3. "Scotland Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 17 June 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
4. Nan Rae. sports-reference.com
5. "Biographical information". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 October 2025.
6. ""Swimmers Beat Four Records." Times, 2 Sept. 1961, p. 4". Times Digital Archive.^{[permanent dead link]}
7. ""Miss Edwards To Retire." Times, 30 Aug. 1961, p. 4". Times Digital Archive.^{[permanent dead link]}

External links

• Nan Rae at World Aquatics
• Nan Rae at Swimrankings.net
• Nan Rae at Team GB
• Nan Rae at InterSportStats
• Nancy Rae at Olympics.com
• N. Rae at Team Scotland