"Controversial" swimmer receives Queen's Service MedalJenny Ling Opua resident Myra Larcombe has taught countless children how to swim. Even when the she was awarded The Queen's Service Medal for services to swimming the 90-year-old remained "nonplussed". She set a number of New Zealand Masters swimming records between 1978 and 2000. Larcombe set a New Zealand record for 200 metre long course butterfly for 70 to 74 years while competing in the 1997 Pan Pacific Championship. She also still holds a New Zealand Masters swimming record for the 200m butterfly set in 1997.

Source: Stuff January 07, 2018 19:41 UTC