Valerie Nares-Pillow
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | Q3.1936 Brentford, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | (aged 86) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||
Event | freestyle | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Surrey Ladies | ||||||||||||||
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Valerie A Nares-Pillow (1936 – 29 October 2022), was a swimmer who competed for England.
Biography
Nares-Pillow was a member of the Surrey Ladies Swimming Club and represented the English team at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games held in Vancouver, Canada,[1] where she won the bronze medal in the 4×110 yd freestyle relay event.[2][3][4]
She married Michael Montague in 1959 and was later known as Valerie Preston after re-marrying. She competed in Masters events as a senior.[5][6]
Valerie died on the 29 October 2022 at the age of 86.
References
- ^ "Ardrop pair for Turin". Daily Herald. 5 July 1954. Retrieved 14 September 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Commonwealth Games Medallists". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 18 September 2025.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 14 April 2019.
- ^ "1954 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "A fond farewell... the history of Swimming Times magazine". Swimming.org.
- ^ "Swimming: Valerie's on glory trail". Teesside Live. 3 June 2004. Retrieved 18 September 2025.