Cissie Stewart competed in the 1928 Olympic Games in Amsterdam.
Sarah ‘Cissie’ Stewart was the first Dundonian to win an Olympic medal, against all the odds and with no coaching.
When she stepped up her training before the 1928 Olympics she was reprimanded by the Dundee Baths manager for using her season ticket twice a day!
He made her buy additional tickets to complete her training before she travelled to Amsterdam with the Team GB squad to take on the world’s best.
Cissie, then 17, won silver in the 4×100 metres freestyle relay and finished fourth in the individual 400m final despite suffering from an arm injury.