Who was the last British swimmer to win Olympic gold before Wilkie?
Anita Lonsbrough
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Anita Lonsbrough was the last British swimmer to win Olympic gold before Adrian Wilkie. She achieved this feat at the 1960 Rome Olympics, where she won the 200-meter breaststroke event. Lonsbrough's victory marked the end of a 44-year drought for British swimming, as no British swimmer had won an Olympic gold medal since Henry Taylor in 1912.
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