Doris Storey

Doris Storey
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
1938 London 200 m breaststroke
Representing  England
British Empire Games
1938 Sydney 220 yd breaststroke
1938 Sydney 3×110 yd medley

Doris Storey (21 December 1919 21 October 2005), later known by her married name Doris Quarmby, was an English breaststroke swimmer from Leeds who competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics and for England at the 1938 British Empire Games.

In 1936 she finished sixth in the 200 metre breaststroke event having injured her arm in a fall before the final.

At the 1938 Empire Games in Sydney, Australia she won the gold medal in the 220 yards breaststroke competition. She was also a member of the English relay team which won the gold medal in the 3×110 yards medley contest.


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