Brenda Bedford
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality |  England |
| Born | 4 September 1937 Battersea |
Brenda Rose Bedford (née Sawyer) (born 4 September 1937), is a female former athlete who competed for England.
Athletics career
[edit]She represented England in the discus and shot put, at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.[1][2]
She later competed at both the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland and the 1974 British Commonwealth Games at Christchurch, New Zealand.[3]
In addition she took part in the 1968 European Indoor Games, in Madrid and at the 1969 European Athletics Championships, in Athens and was six times English champion (1966, 1967, 1969, 1973, 1975, 1977) and five times English indoor champion (1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975).
References
[edit]- ^ "1966 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Kingston, Jamaica, 1966 Team". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
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- 1937 births
- English female discus throwers
- British female discus throwers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
- Living people
- English female shot putters
- British female shot putters
- Commonwealth Games competitors for England
- People from Battersea
- Athletes from the London Borough of Wandsworth
- 20th-century English sportswomen
- English athletics biography stubs