Audrey Bennett

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Audrey Bennett
Personal information
NationalityBritish (English)
Born (1936-04-01) 1 April 1936 (age 89)
Essex
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event
High jump
Club Essex Ladies A.C.
Chingford A.C

Audrey Ethel Bennett, married name Banfield (born 1 April 1936) is a former British athlete who competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics. [1]

Biography

Bennett emigrated to Australia in late 1953 [2] [ page needed ] but returned to re-join the Essex Ladies Athletics Club for the 1955 season. [3] [ page needed ]

Bennett finished third behind Thelma Hopkins in the high jump event at the 1955 WAAA Championships. [4] [ page needed ] [5]

Bennett competed in the women's high jump competition at the 1956 Olympic Games. [6]

Bennett finished second behind Mary Bignal in the high jump event at the 1958 WAAA Championships. [7] Shortly afterwards she represented England [8] in the high jump at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales. She finished in sixth place with a distance of 5'4 (1.62 m) feet. [9] [10]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Audrey Bennett Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Miss Audrey Bennett" . Birmingham Daily Post. 28 November 1953. Retrieved 19 February 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ↑ "Dorothy Tyler beaten" . Weekly Dispatch (London). 12 June 1955. Retrieved 19 February 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ↑ "Margaret Doubles To It - Loses Record" . The People. 3 July 1955. Retrieved 19 February 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  6. ↑ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  7. ↑ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 19 February 2025.
  8. ↑ "Marion jumps into Games" . Daily Mirror. 12 June 1958. p. 20. Retrieved 28 September 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  10. ↑ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
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