Doris McEwan

Inducted into the Brockville and Area Sports Hall of Fame: June 14th, 2002

Doris McEwan doesn’t remember learning to swim, but swim she has. Swimming and her have gone hand-in-hand since 1933. That’s the year England’s National Team recruited her for its Junior Women’s Swim program. She competed in the 1948 Olympics in Wembley. England’s swimming anchor on the relay team.

Doris came to Brockville in the late 50s and didn’t take up swimming again until she joined the 1000 Island Masters in the late 80s.

At one time, she held world records in three events in her age category. McEwan competes eight times a year in the National Capital Masters series as well as provincial and national meets. She also coaches Brockville’s Special Olympics swim team. Doris finds time to compete in three triathlons a year. Cycle and Sail.