Gladys Taylor (athlete)

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Gladys Taylor
Personal information
NationalityBritish/Jamaican
Born (1953-03-05) 5 March 1953 (age 72)
Jamaica
Height175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Weight62 kg (137 lb)
Sport
EventSprinting/400 metres
Club Highgate Harriers
Essex Ladies AC

Gladys Taylor (born 5 March 1953) is a British/Jamaican female retired sprinter who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics. [1]

Biography

Taylor finished second behind Helen Golden in the 200 metres event at the 1975 WAAA Championships. [2]

At the 1976 Olympics Games in Montreal, she represented Great Britain in the women's 400 metres. [3]

Taylor married Grant McCormack in late 1976 and competed under her married name [4] when finishing second behind Verona Elder at the 1977 WAAA Championships. [5]

Reverting to her maiden name name Taylor, she represented England in the 400 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay events, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. [6] [7]

Taylor became the British 400 metres hurdles champion at the 1984 WAAA Championships. [8]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gladys Taylor Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  2. ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  3. ↑ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  4. ↑ "Marriages". Free BMD. Retrieved 8 March 2025.
  5. ↑ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
  6. ↑ "1982 Athletes". Team England.
  7. ↑ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  8. ↑ "Plucky Win for Fatima" . Sunday Express. 17 June 1984. Retrieved 20 March 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
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