title: Margaret McDowall
text: # Margaret McDowall
  
  Margaret Gibson McDowall (born 10 January 1936 in Kilmarnock, Scotland), is a female retired competitive swimmer who represented Scotland.
  
  ## Swimming career
  
  McDowall was educated at Kilmarnock Academy and was a member of the Scottish Swimming Team from the age of 14. Unusually she practiced in the local municipal swimming baths in Kilmarnock rather than any purpose-built training facility.
  
  She was a member of the three-woman relay team at the 1954 Commonwealth games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and at the ASA National British Championships she won the 110 yards backstroke title four times (1950, 1951, 1952, 1953).
  
  