Helen Gordon's participation medals for the 1948, 1952 & 1956 Olympic Games in London, Helsinki and Melbourne, designed by B Mackennal, K Rasanen & A
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Helen Gordon's participation medals for the 1948, 1952 & 1956 Olympic Games in London, Helsinki and Melbourne, designed by B Mackennal, K Rasanen & A Meszaros respectively, each in a replacement case containing an autographed picture of Helen Gordon pasted to the inside of the lid appendix Lots 399 to 406 relate to Helen Orr Gordon (later known as Elenor Gordon) the Scottish swimmer at the 1948, 1952 & 1956 Olympic Games. Helen Gordon was the daughter of the manager of the Hamilton swimming baths and was the Scottish 200m breaststroke champion between 1947 and 1957. Helen Gordon's finest hour was at the Helsinki Games in 1952 when she won the bronze. She still lives in Hamilton, Lanarkshire, where she was born in 1934.