Ethel Seymour

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameEthel•Seymour
Used nameEthel•Seymour
Born6 March 1897 in West Ham, England (GBR)
Died13 November 1963 in Hampstead, England (GBR)
AffiliationsNorthampton Institute, Islington (GBR)
NOC Great Britain
Medals OG
Gold 0
Silver 0
Bronze 1
Total 1

Biography

Ethel Seymour was a member of the Northampton Polytechnic Institute (NPI) Women’s Gymnastics Club that won the inaugural national team title in 1923. She was also one of the six members of the NPI club in the first ever British women’s gymnastics team, at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics.

Seymour’s best individual performance was in finishing third behind Dorothy Billson and Jessie Kite at the 1925 national championship. Two years later she finished fourth behind the winner Carrie Pickles.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1928 Summer Olympics Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) GBR Ethel Seymour
Team All-Around, Women (Olympic) Great Britain 3 Bronze

Errata

Though her age has been reported to have been 46 and year of birth as 1881 in some sources, this info has been confirmed as incorrect.