Avril Bowring

{{Short description|British sprinter}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Use British English|date=January 2026}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Avril Bowring | image = | image_size =  | caption = | nationality = British (English) | birth_date = 1 August 1942 | birth_place = Tonbridge, England | death_date = | death_place = | sport = Athletics | event = 400 metres | height = | weight = | club = Tonbridge AC<br>Kent AC }}

'''Avril Lorraine Bowring (née Usher)''' (born 1 August 1942), is a female former athlete who competed for England.

== Biography == Bowring lived in Three Elm Lane, Golden Green in Tonbridge.<ref name=KSC>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000483/19700626/387/0027 |title=Tonbridge Club member Runs For England |work=Kent & Sussex Courier |date=26 June 1970 |p=27 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=24 January 2026}}</ref>

She represented England in the 400 metres,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0005475/19700623/011/0011 |title=Ann will be busy |work=Liverpool Daily Post |date=23 June 1970 |p=11 |via=British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription |access-date=24 January 2026}}</ref> at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1970/athletes|title=1970 Athletes|publisher=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://teamengland.org/commonwealth-games-history/edinburgh-1970|title=Edinburgh, 1970 Team|publisher=Team England}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://thecgf.com/results/athletes/40588|title=Athletes and results|publisher=Commonwealth Games Federation}}</ref>

She ran for the Tonbridge Athletic Club<ref name=KSC/> and Kent Athletic Club.

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