Roxy Atkins
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Edna Roxanne Atkins |
| Full name | Edna Roxanne Andersen |
| Born | June 26, 1912 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Died | September 6, 2002 (aged 90) San Francisco, California, U.S. |
| Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field |
| Event | 80 metres hurdles |
| Club | Toronto Ladies Track Club |
Edna Roxanne "Roxy" Andersen (née Atkins, June 26, 1912 – September 6, 2002) was a Canadian and American track and field athlete. She won a gold medal at the 1934 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships and a silver medal at the 1936 US Indoor Championships. Apart from competing in athletics, Andersen was the Pacific chair of the Amateur Athletic Union from 1950 to 1976. In 1991, Andersen was inducted into the National Track and Field Hall of Fame.
Personal life
[edit]On June 26, 1912, Andersen was born in Montreal, Quebec.[1]
Andersen died in San Francisco, California on September 6, 2002.[2] Andersen was married with no children.[2]
Career
[edit]Andersen began her athletic career with the Canadian Ladies Athletic Club. She broke the Canadian record in the 80 metres hurdles event in 1932 and won gold in the Canadian hurdles championship in 1935.[3] Additional records that Andersen held were in the 50 metres hurdles and 90 yards hurdles events.[4] Competing in the United States, Andersen won gold at the 1934 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships and silver at the 1936 USA Indoor Championships. In international competitions, she participated in the 1934 British Empire Games, 1934 Women's World Games, and the 1936 Summer Olympics.[5]
After World War II, Andersen went to California with her husband and became an American citizen.[5] She served as the Pacific district chair of the Amateur Athletic Union from 1950 to 1976. With the United States national track and field team, she worked with the team at the 1956 Summer Olympics, 1971 Pan American Games and 1983 Pan American Games.[2]
Awards and honors
[edit]Andersen was inducted into the USA National Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1991.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Tricard, Louise Mead (1996). American Women's Track and Field: A History, 1895 Through 1980, Volume 1. McFarland. p. 317. ISBN 0786402199. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
- ^ a b c Crumpacker, John (September 13, 2002). "Roxanne Andersen -- 1936 Olympian". San Francisco Gate. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Roxy Atkins". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 2, 2016. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
- ^ Riedley, Mary Phyllis (December 2, 1955). "Women, Too, Have Their Olympic Say". Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. pp. 2–9. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
- ^ a b c "Hall of Fame: Roxanne Andersen (Atkins)". USA Track & Field. Retrieved May 2, 2018.
External links
[edit]- Roxy Atkins at World Athletics
- Roxanne Atkins at Track and Field Statistics
- Roxanne Andersen (Atkins) at the USATF Hall of Fame (archived)
- Roxanne Atkins-Anderson at Olympics.com
- Roxanne Atkins-Anderson at Olympic.org (archived)
- Roxy Atkins at Olympedia (archive)
- Roxanne Atkins at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners
- 1912 births
- 2002 deaths
- Canadian female hurdlers
- Olympic track and field athletes for Canada
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Canada
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1934 British Empire Games
- Anglophone Quebec people
- Track and field athletes from Montreal
- Canadian emigrants to the United States
- 20th-century Canadian sportswomen