Margaret Walker (athlete)
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| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 January 1925 Spilsby, England | |||||||||||||||||
| Died | 10 May 2016 (aged 91)[1] Saxmundham, England | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Sprinting | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | 200 metres | |||||||||||||||||
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Margaret Walker (2 January 1925 – 10 May 2016) was a British sprinter. She competed in the women's 200 metres at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[2] She competed as part of Great Britain's 1948 Olympic 4 × 100 m relay team and they were placed fourth.[3]
She also represented England and won a silver medal in the 660 yard relay and a bronze medal in the 4 x 440 yard relay at the 1950 British Empire Games in Auckland, New Zealand. She also competed in the 110 yards and 200 yards events.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ Margaret Walker at Olympedia (archive)
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Margaret Walker Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ^ Lygkas, Giannis. "1948 Olympic Games London, Great Britain - Women's 4 x 100 m - Sport-Olympic.com". www.sport-olympic.gr. Retrieved 9 July 2017.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1950 Athletes". Team England.
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