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Jean Whitehead (born 1937) is a female former athlete who competed for England.
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| Born | 1937 (age 86–87) |
Jean Whitehead (born 1937) is a female former athlete who competed for England.
She represented England in the long jump at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales. [1] [2]
She was a member of the Liverpool Harriers & AC and aged just 18 established a new record of 18 ft 9ins (5.71 m) in winning the Northern Senior title in 1955. [3]
Dorothy Ada Emerson is a British athlete, who mainly competed in the women's high jump event.
Kim Simmone Geraldine Jacobs is a female retired British athlete who competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres. She represented Great Britain at four Olympic Games (1984–96), winning a bronze medal as a 17-year-old at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics in the 4 x 100 metres relay. She also won a relay bronze medal at the 1990 European Championships and relay medals at three Commonwealth Games.
Frederick Norris was a British long-distance runner.
Michael Arthur Rawson was an English track and field athlete.
Yvonne W. A. Hanson-Nortey is a retired female shot putter from England. She was affiliated with the Hallamshire Harriers.
Barbara Jean Lawton was a track and field athlete from England, who mainly competed in the high jump event during her career.
Andrew 'Howard' Payne was an English Olympic track and field athlete. He specialised in the hammer throw event during his career.
David Colin McKenzie is a British track and field athlete who won the gold medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay at the 1994 Commonwealth Games held in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, along with teammates, Peter Crampton, Adrian Patrick, and Du'aine Ladejo.
Amy Melissa Harris-Willock is an English long jumper of Antiguan descent competing as Amy Harris, and a former titleholder of the pageant Miss Caribbean UK.
The 2022 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Birmingham 2022, were an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth of Nations that took place in Birmingham, England between 28 July and 8 August 2022. They were the 22nd edition of the Commonwealth Games. It was the third and seventh time England and the United Kingdom hosted the Commonwealth Games, respectively.
Katarina Mary Johnson-Thompson is an English athlete. A multi-eventer, she is primarily known as both a heptathlete and an indoor pentathlete. In heptathlon she is a double world champion, double Commonwealth Games champion and an Olympic silver medallist. In indoor pentathlon, she is a world and double European champion.
Angela Mary Gilmour is an English former track and field athlete who competed in the 400 metres and the 4 x 400 metres relay. In the relay, she represented Great Britain at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, while at the Commonwealth Games, she won a silver medal in Edinburgh 1986 and a gold medal in Auckland 1990.
Jade Louise Lally is a British track and field athlete. She won a bronze medal for England in the women's discus at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, a silver at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and represented Great Britain at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Her personal best is 65.10m set at the New South Wales Open Championships (AUS) on 27 February 2016.
Julie Crane is a former British track and field athlete who specialised in the high jump. She won a Silver medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.
Sally Ellis née McDiarmid is a female English long-distance road and cross-country runner.
John Gladwin is an English former middle-distance runner and athletics administrator.
Joseph Robert "Bob" Birrell was a British hurdler and coach.
Helen Daniel is an English former athlete who competed mainly in the 800 metres. She won the 800m title at the 1990 UK Championships, and finished third at the AAA Championships in 1986, 1987 and 1988. Her 800m lifetime best of 2:01.86 was set on 10 July 1987 in London.
England competed at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales, from 18 to 26 July 1958.
Michelle Lisa Dunkley is an English female former athlete who competed in the high jump. She has a personal best performance of 1.94 metres.
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