Photograph, Nancy Ayres, 2002

Historical information

Legacy widow Nancy Ayres won a Bronze medal at the World Masters Games in 2002 - possibly for the 50 Freestyle in 75-79 age group. She was 79 at the time. She also swam in the 100m and 200m freestyle races. According to the note it seems she was profiled in The Answer issue in December 2002.
Later she went on to be part of a 4 x 50m relay team that set a world record in 2012, where the combined age of the 4 team members had to equal at least 360 years, swimming the race in 5 minutes and 45 seconds.

Significance

It shows that Legacy celebrated the achievements of the widows in their care.

Physical description

Colour photo of Nancy Ayres.

Inscriptions & markings

Printed on back 4966, which is the negative frame number and film processing number.
Yellow Post-it note says: "Nancy Ayre, Bronze Medal World Master Dec 02, Answer".

Subjects

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