Judy Vernon

Judy Vernon

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	25 September 1945 St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	hurdles/sprints
Club	Mitcham AC
Medal record Women's athletics Representing   England Commonwealth Games 1974 Christchurch 100 m hurdles 1974 Christchurch 4 x 100 m

Judith Ann 'Judy' Vernon (born 22 September 1945) is a female English former 100 metres hurdler, who competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Vernon, a member of Mitcham Athletics Club, finished second behind Sharon Colyear in the 200 metres hurdles event at the 1971 WAAA Championships. ^[1]

At the 1972 Olympics Games in Munich, she represented Great Britain in the women's 100 metres hurdles and in the 4x100 metres relay team which finished in 7th place in the final. ^{[2] [3]}

Vernon became the British 100 metres hurdles champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1973 WAAA Championships. ^[4]

She represented England and won a gold medal in the 100 metres hurdles at the 1974 Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

References

1. "Women's AAA Results" . Sunday Sun (Newcastle). 18 July 1971. Retrieved 7 March 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. Judy Vernon at the Power of 10 . Retrieved 24 August 2013
3. Judy Vernon at Sports Reference.com. Retrieved 24 August 2013
4. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 7 March 2025.
5. "1974 Games". Team England.
6. "Athletes, 1974 England team". Team England.
7. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.