{{short description|Canadian swimmer}} {{Infobox swimmer | name = Betty Tancock | image = <!-- Only free-content images are allowed for depicting living people -- see WP:NONFREE. --> | image_size = <!-- Only for images narrower than 220 pixels --> | alt = | caption = | fullname = Elizabeth Alberta Tancock | nicknames = "Betty" | national_team = {{flag|Canada|1921}} | strokes = Freestyle | club = University of Toronto<br>Women's Swim Club | collegeteam = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1911|2|2|mf=y}} | birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | death_date = {{Death date and age|2009|5|28|1911|2|2|mf=y}} | death_place = Toronto, Ontario | height = <!-- {{convert|x.xx|m|ftin|abbr=on}} --> | weight = <!-- {{convert|xx|kg|lb|abbr=on}} --> | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's swimming}} {{MedalCountry | {{flag|Canada|1921}} }} {{MedalCompetition | British Empire Games}} {{MedalSilver | 1930 Hamilton | 4x100 yd freestyle}} }}
'''Elizabeth Alberta Tancock''' (February 22, 1911 – May 28, 2009), née '''Elizabeth Alberta Edwards''', was a Canadian swimmer who competed in the Olympic Games in 1932 in Los Angeles.
==Biography== In 1932, she was a member of the Canadian relay team that finished fourth in the 4x100-metre freestyle relay. In the 400-metre freestyle, she was eliminated in the first round. She also represented Canada in the 1930 and 1934 British Empire Games.<ref name="SportsReference">{{cite web|last = Gjerde|first = Arild|author2 = Jeroen Heijmans|author3 = Bill Mallon|author4 = Hilary Evans|title = Betty Edwards Bio, Stats, and Results|work = Olympics|publisher = Sports Reference.com|date = October 2017|url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ed/betty-edwards-1.html|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418110727/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ed/betty-edwards-1.html|url-status = dead|archive-date = 2020-04-18|accessdate = December 5, 2017}}</ref> Tancock was inducted as a member of the University of Toronto Sports Hall of Fame in 1990.<ref name="UTHOF">{{cite web|url = http://www.ac-fpeh.com/alumni/halloffame_bio.php?id=44|title = Elizabeth "Betty" Edwards Tancock - 1933, UC|year = 2005|publisher = University of Toronto|access-date = December 5, 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080306072531/http://www.ac-fpeh.com/alumni/halloffame_bio.php?id=44|archive-date = March 6, 2008}}</ref> From 1962 to 1980 Tancock worked at administration at York University in Toronto. At the time of her death at the age of 98, on May 28, 2009, Tancock was believed to be Canada's oldest living Olympic competitor.<ref name="Obituary">{{cite news|title = Deaths|newspaper = The Globe and Mail|publisher = The Woodbridge Company|date = June 1, 2009|url = http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/Deaths.20090601.93197334/BDAStory/BDA/deaths|access-date = December 5, 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110727081828/http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/Deaths.20090601.93197334/BDAStory/BDA/deaths|archive-date = July 27, 2011|url-status = dead}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tancock, Betty}} Category:1911 births Category:2009 deaths Category:Canadian female freestyle swimmers Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming Category:Olympic swimmers for Canada Category:Swimmers from Toronto Category:Sportswomen from Ontario Category:Swimmers at the 1932 Summer Olympics Category:Swimmers at the 1930 British Empire Games Category:Swimmers at the 1934 British Empire Games Category:Medallists at the 1930 British Empire Games Category:20th-century Canadian sportswomen
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