Anne Walton

Anne Walton (born 28 December 1951), also known by her married name Anne Walton Grape was a Canadian former backstroke swimmer, who competed for the University of Guelph and represented Canada in three events at the 1968 Summer Olympics. She later worked in early childhood education.

Anne Walton was born 28 December 1951 in Sidmouth, Devon England to Barbara and Dr. Richard J. Walton. At the age of 5 , she moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba with her family and later learned to swim at Winnipeg's historic Sherbrook Pool. Built in March, 1931, Sherbrook Pool on Sherbrook Street was one of the largest pools in Western Canada, the city's first Olympic sized pool, and the site of many swimming competitions. At 12 in early August, 1964, she swam for the Winnipeg YWCA, placing first in the 100-yard freestyle with a time of 1:08.8 at the Saskatchewan Swimming Championships where she set an open record of 1:15.7 in the 100-yard backstroke. Showing stroke diversity, she also won the 50-yard butterfly by a time of 34.7 at the Saskatchewan Championship, and would later continue to compete in butterfly in a few college meets. Provided by Wikipedia