Helen Golden (athlete)

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Helen Golden
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Scottish)
Born (1953-05-16) 16 May 1953 (age 72)
Edinburgh, Scotland
Height165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight54 kg (119 lb)
Sport
Sport Athletics
EventSprints
Club Edinburgh Southern Harriers

Helen Golden (born 16 May 1953) is a former British sprinter who competed for Scotland and Great Britain between 1969 and 1978. She represented Scotland at three Commonwealth Games and Great Britain at the 1976 Summer Olympics. [1]

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During her career Helen held numerous national records for both Scotland and Great Britain at 100m and 200m.

Biography

Helen represented Scotland at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in the Edinburgh, Scotland and one month later finished third behind Anita Neil in the 100 metres event at the 1970 WAAA Championships, [2] the same year that she became a European Junior Champion in the 200 metres.

Helen became the British 200 metres champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1973 WAAA Championships. [3]

After representing Scotland at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, Helen was twice on the podium in the 100 and 200 metres events at the 1974 WAAA Championships and regained the 200 metres title at the 1975 WAAA Championships. [4]

Helen competed for Scotland at a third Commonwealth Games in 1978 and won nine Scottish championships in the 100 and 200 metres.

She also competed in the women's 200 metres at the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics. [5]

References

  1. "Sports-Reference profile". Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  2. "Sheila Romps To Win Over Lillian" . Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 21 June 1970. Retrieved 6 March 2025 via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  4. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
  5. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Helen Golden Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2017.