Gladys Morcom

Gladys Elsie Morcom (31 October 1918 – 18 January 2010) was a British swimmer who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics.¹

Morcom was born in Dudley, England and swam for the Dudley Ladies Swimming Club.² Aged 15, she began her international career and was the 1936 British 220 and 440 yards freestyle champion.²

She represented England at the 1934 British Empire Games³ in London, where she competed in the 440 yards freestyle event.⁴

At the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, she competed in the women's 400 metre freestyle.²

She married Basil Lees in 1958 and became Gladys Lees and died in 2010.⁵