How Did Ngaire Lane Die?
Ngaire Lane has died at the age of 95.
Death Cause- You will be informed. (Death Date: 9 July 2021)
Who Was Ngaire Lane?
Ngaire Galloway was born on 31 October 1925 in Cambridge, New Zealand Ngaire Galloway JP was a swimmer from New Zealand who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
Ngaire Lane, the daughter of Mabel Doris Lane (née Saxby) and William George Lane, was born in Cambridge in October 1925. She went to Otago Girls' High School for her education. In 1940, she was the New Zealand junior champion in the 50 and 100-yard freestyles and the 50-yard backstroke, when she tied for the national junior record.
She broke the national intermediate 100-yard backstroke mark in 1943 and the national senior 220-yard backstroke record the following year, making her the first female swimmer to hold junior, intermediate, and senior national records at the same time. From 1944 to 1949, she was the national champion in the 100 and 220-yard backstrokes, and in 1947, she also won the 100-yard medley and 50-yard freestyle.