Gwenda Matthews

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Gwenda Matthews
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1944-06-06) 6 June 1944 (age 78)
Uxbridge
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)High jump

Gwenda Matthews married name Gwenda Hurst (born 6 June 1944) is a British athlete.

Athletics career

She competed in the women's high jump at the 1964 Summer Olympics. [1]

She was a National championship runner-up behind Mary Peters in the Pentathlon. [2]

She represented England in the high jump and long jump, at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica. [3] [4] [5]

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gwenda Matthews Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  2. "WAAA and National Championships Medallists - Pentathlon/Heptathlon". National Union of Track Statistics.
  3. "1966 Athletes". Team England.
  4. "Kingston, Jamaica, 1966 Team". Team England.
  5. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.