Linda Knowles

Linda Knowles

Personal information
Nationality	British (English)
Born	28 April 1946 England
Height	179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	65 kg (143 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	high jump
Club	Hornchurch Harriers
Medal record Women's athletics Representing   Great Britain European Championships 1962 Belgrade High jump Summer Universiade 1967 Tokyo High jump

Linda Yvonne Knowles (born 28 April 1946) is a retired track and field athlete who competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics.

Biography

Knowles won the bronze medal at the 1962 European Championships in Belgrade, Yugoslavia when she was only 16. She represented England in the high jump at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia. ^{[1] [2]}

Knowles finished second behind Iolanda Balaș in the high jump event at the 1963 WAAA Championships ^[3] and repeated the performance twice more at the 1964 WAAA Championships ^[4] and 1965 WAAA Championships, only this time behind Frances Slaap. ^[5]

At the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, she represented Great Britain in the high jump competition. ^[6]

Knowles became the national high jump champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1967 WAAA Championships. ^{[7] [8]}

Knowles married the Swedish decathlete Lennart Hedmark in 1968 ^[9] and now resides in Malmö, Sweden.

References

1. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 25 November 2018. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
2. "1962 Athletes". Team England.
3. "Dorothy's Dinner Double" . Sunday Mirror. 7 July 1963. Retrieved 27 February 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Little Daphne Zips to Records" . Sunday Express. 5 July 1964. Retrieved 28 February 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
5. "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
6. "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
7. "Board may forgive Anne" . Sunday Express. 2 July 1967. Retrieved 1 March 2025– via British Newspaper Archive.
8. "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
9. "Marriages". Free BMD. Retrieved 27 February 2025.

• British Olympic Committee at the Wayback Machine (archived 30 September 2007)
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Linda Knowles". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 5 November 2012. Retrieved 24 January 2010.