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| Full name | Joslyn Yvonne Hoyte-Smith | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 December 1954 (age 69) Barbados | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Dorothy Hyman Track Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Joslyn Yvonne Hoyte-Smith MBE (born 16 December 1954 in Barbados) is a British former 400 metres athlete. She grew up in Leeds, England, and attended Matthew Murray High School between 1966 and 1973.
Hoyte-Smith competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, where, as part of the women's 4×400 metres relay team, she won a bronze medal. [1] She also ran in the 4×400 metres relay team at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. She was the winner of the 400 metres race at the UK Championships in 1979, 1981 and 1983. She also won the 400m title at the AAA Championships in 1981. She represented England and won a gold medal in the 4x400 metres relay event, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. [2] Four years later, she represented England and won a bronze medal in the 400 metres event, at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. [3] [4]
She now lives in Kent, England, and is currently Athlete Support Manager for Yorkshire. Hoyte-Smith is chair of the GB Olympians, the national association for Olympic athletes. [5]
Hoyte-Smith was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to athletics. [6]
Sally Jane Janet Gunnell is a British former track-and-field athlete, active between 1984 and 1997, who won the 1992 Olympic gold medal in the 400 metres hurdles. During a 24-month period between 1992 and 1994, Gunnell won every international event open to her, claiming Olympic Games, World Championship, European Championship, Commonwealth Games, Goodwill Games, IAAF World Cup and European Cup golds in the event, and breaking the British, European and World records in it. She is the only female British athlete to have won all four 'majors'; Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth titles, and was the first female 400 metres hurdler in history to win the Olympic and World titles and break the world record. Her former world record time of 52.74 secs in 1993 is still the current British record. She was named World and European Female Athlete of the Year in 1993, and was made an MBE in 1993 and an OBE in 1998.
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