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Jean Whitehead (born 1937) is a female former athlete who competed for England.
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| Nationality | England |
| Born | 1937 (age 83–84) |
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]
Alexander Stadium is an international athletics stadium located within Perry Park in Perry Barr, Birmingham, England. It has staged the Amateur Athletics Association Championships, and was the venue of the 1998 Disability World Athletics Championships. It hosted one England Monarchs game in 1998 with an attendance of 8,000. It frequently hosts the English Schools' Athletics Championships, alternating every few years with Gateshead. 2019 will be the last year the ESAA Championships will be held there due to its demolition and rebuild for the 2022 Commonwealth Games. It hosts the annual British Grand Prix and will be the main athletics venue of the 2022 Commonwealth Games.
Onochie Lawrence ("Larry") Achike is a retired English track and field athlete. He was born in Islington, London, and educated at Worth School in Sussex.
Sheila Sherwood is a former international long jumper whose career highlights included a silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico, and a gold medal at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. She competed in three consecutive Summer Olympic Games and had a career best distance of 6.73 metres.
Emily Kaye Freeman is a retired British athlete from West Yorkshire, England, personal trainer and co-founder of training and mindset company Totally Runable.
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 (1988–96), 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 a track and field athlete.
Yvonne W. A. Hanson-Nortey is a retired female shot putter from England. She was affiliated with Hallamshire Harriers.
Andrew 'Howard' Payne was an English Olympic track and field athlete. He specialised in the hammer throw event during his career.
Christina Tracy Boxer-Cahill is a retired female middle distance athlete from England. She represented Great Britain at three Olympic Games, in Moscow 1980, Los Angeles 1984 and Seoul 1988 and trained at Aldershot, Farnham & District AC. In Seoul, she finished fourth in the 1500 metres final. She also won a gold medal in the 1500 m at the 1982 Commonwealth Games. In 1979, she became the first British woman in history to run the 800 metres in under two-minutes.
William Arthur Adcocks is a British former long-distance runner who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Mary Stewart (Cotton), is a female retired middle distance runner who represented Great Britain, England and Scotland.
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, and represented Great Britain at the 2016 Rio Olympics.
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.
Joseph Robert "Bob" Birrell is a retired 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.
Peter Robin Brunyee (1939-2014), was a male athlete who competed for England.
Ernest Eddie Kirkup, is a male former athlete who competed for England.
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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