Ivy Walker

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Ivy Walker
Medal record
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Women's Athletics
Women's World Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1930 Prague 4×100 metre relay
Representing Flag of England.svg  England
British Empire Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1934 London 4×110/220 yd

Ivy Kay Walker, later Thorpe (born 22 September 1911, date of death unknown), was an English athlete who competed in the 1930 Women's World Games and the 1934 British Empire Games.

At the 1930 Women's World Games in Prague she was a member, along with Ethel Scott, Eileen Hiscock and Daisy Ridgley, of the British 4×100 metre relay team which won the silver medal. [1] At the 1934 Empire Games she was a member of the English relay team which won the silver medal in the 220-110-220-110 yards relay competition (with Eileen Hiscock, Nellie Halstead, Ethel Johnson and Walker). [2] In the 220 yards competition she was eliminated in the heats.

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References

  1. Eric L. Cowe, Early women's athletics: statistics and history (Bingley: c1999), pp. 112-13.
  2. Commonwealth Games results Archived 2008-07-23 at the Wayback Machine . CWG. Retrieved 24 October 2015.