Shirley Cawley
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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||
| Born | 26 April 1932 Croydon, England | |||||||||||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||
| Weight | 56 kg (123 lb) | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||
| Event | long jump | |||||||||||
| Club | Croydon Harriers | |||||||||||
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Shirley Cawley (born 26 April 1932) is a British former athlete who won the bronze medal in the long jump at the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland.[1]
Biography
[edit]Cawley was born in Croydon and ran for the Croydon Harriers.[2]
Cawley finished second behind Dorothy Tyler in the long jump event at the 1951 WAAA Championships[3][4][5] but became national long jump champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1952 WAAA Championships.[6][7]
At the 1952 Olympic Games in Helsinki, Cawley represented Great Britain and finished in the long jump competition, winning a bronze medal.[2]
She married John R. Berry in 1958.
References
[edit]- ^ "Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
- ^ a b "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
- ^ "High Jump record is Britain's again". Weekly Dispatch (London). 8 July 1951. Retrieved 15 February 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Its a World Record". The People. 8 July 1951. Retrieved 15 February 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
- ^ "Dorothy Tyler changes style and shocks world champion". Sunday Express. 15 June 1952. Retrieved 15 February 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 15 February 2025.
- Kubatko, Justin. "Shirley Cawley Biography and Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
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