Daphne Arden

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Daphne Arden
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1964 Tokyo 4x100 metre relay
European Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1962 Belgrade 4×100 m relay
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1962 Perth 4×110 yd relay
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1966 Kingston 4×110 yd relay
Daphne Arden (top left) passes the baton to Dorothy Hyman in the Women's 4x100m Relay Final at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics Daphne Arden, Dorothy Hyman, Willye White, Edith McGuire, Halina Gorecka, Ewa Klobukowska 1964.jpg
Daphne Arden (top left) passes the baton to Dorothy Hyman in the Women's 4x100m Relay Final at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics

Daphne Arden (married name Slater; born 29 December 1941) is a British athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.

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Personal life

Daphne Arden was born in Birkenhead. [1] She was educated at Moseley Secondary Modern School in Birmingham.

Athletics career

She competed for Great Britain in the 1964 Summer Olympics 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.

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. [2] She repeated the achievement fours years later by winning another silver at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica. [3]

Notes

  1. "Daphne Arden". Team GB. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  2. "1962 Athletes". Team England.
  3. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.

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