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About Florence Chambers
Florence Chambers, known by her married name Florence Newkirk by May 1964, was an American competition swimmer who competed in the 100-meter backstroke for the United States at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, finishing fourth in the finals. She was a successful swim coach and instructor who started the Florence Chambers Swim Club in the mid-1920s, and later became a leading business woman, community leader, and philanthropist in San Diego County.
Everything about Florence Chambers →- Occupation
- swimmer
- Citizenship
- United States
- Born
- November 2, 1907
- Died
- September 27, 1979