Daphne Arden

Daphne Arden
(maried name Slater)

Daphne Arden (top left) passes the baton to Dorothy Hyman in the Women's 4x100m Relay Final at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	29 December 1941 Birkenhead, England
Height	167 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprints
Club	Birchfield Harriers
Medal record Women's Athletics Representing   Great Britain Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo 4x100 metre relay European Championships 1962 Belgrade 4×100 m relay Representing   England Commonwealth Games 1962 Perth 4×110 yd relay 1966 Kingston 4×110 yd relay

Daphne Arden (married name Slater; born 29 December 1941) is a British retired athlete who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics. ^[1]

Biography

Daphne Arden was born in Birkenhead ^[2] and was educated at Moseley Secondary Modern School in Birmingham.

Arden finished third behind Jennifer Smart in the 100 and 220 yards events at the 1961 WAAA Championships, ^[3] before finishing second and third respectively in the same events the following year at the 1962 WAAA Championships, but this time behind Dorothy Hyman. ^[4]

Later in November 1962, she represented England and won a silver medal in the 4 × 110 yards relay at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia. ^[5]

Arden once again finished behind Dorothy Hyman in the 100 yards at the 1963 WAAA Championships ^[6] before finally becoming the national 100 yards champion and national 220 yards champion at the 1964 WAAA Championships and breaking the national records for both in the process. ^[4] She then competed for Great Britain in the 1964 Olympic Games held in Tokyo, Japan in the 200 metres, finishing 8th in the final; and in the 4 x 100 metres, where she won the bronze medal with her team mates Janet Simpson, long jump gold medallist Mary Rand and Dorothy Hyman. ^[7]

In 1965, Arden married Roger Slater in Solihull and competed under her married name thereafter. ^[8]

Slater then regained her WAAA title at the 1966 WAAA Championships ^[9] and one month later won another silver medal for the England team at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica. ^{[10] [11]}

References

1. "Daphne Arden". Sports-Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
2. "Daphne Arden". Team GB. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
3. "Britain find a stand-in for Carole - From Australia" . Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 9 July 1961. Retrieved 22 February 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
5. "1962 Athletes". Team England.
6. "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
7. "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
8. "Marriages". Free BMD. Retrieved 22 February 2025.
9. "Fleet-footed Anne has that gold-medal look" . Sunday Express. 3 July 1966. Retrieved 1 March 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
10. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
11. "Kingston 1966 Team". Team England. Retrieved 22 February 2025.