Gwitha Ifwersen Shand (31 July 1904 – 11 December 1962)Biography of Gwitha Shand. Sports Reference. Retrieved on 29 July 2015. was a New Zealand swimmer, who competed in two events at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.New Zealand Olympic Committee: Gwitha Shand Profile . Olympic.org.nz. Retrieved on 29 July 2015. In the 100m freestyle she was eliminated in the semi-finals.Swimming at the 1924 Paris Summer Games:Women's 100 metres Freestyle Semi-Finals. Sports Reference (20 July 1924). Retrieved on 2015-07-29. In the final of the 400m freestyle she did not finish.Swimming at the 1924 Paris Summer Games:Women's 400 metres Freestyle Final. Sports Reference (15 July 1924). Retrieved on 2015-07-29. Shand and fellow swimmer Clarrie Heard caught colds before the Olympics and neither was able to swim at their best,Ron Palenski & Terry Maddaford: The Games Auckland: Moa Publications Ltd. Shand in particular having trouble breathing during her races.
Shand was the National record holder in the 200 metres freestyle in 1924.
In 1929, she married Douglas Rupert Waghorn and they went on to have three children.University of Otago Library
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