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Shirley Ogle

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Shirley Ogle
Personal information
Birth nameShirley Ogle
Full nameShirley Weinberg
Nationality Australia
Born(1926-05-09)May 9, 1926
Fawkner, Victoria, Australia
Died20 April 2021(2021-04-20) (aged 94)
Ballarat, Victoria
Sport
SportTrack and Field
Event(s)75 yards
100 yards
220 yards
440 yards
ClubSouthport
Coached byBill Ogle ( father)

Shirley Lavina Louise Weinberg (née Ogle; 9 May 1926 – 20 April 2021)[1] was an Australian former athlete who competed in the 100 yards and 220 yards and other sprint distances. She held numerous state and national women's sprint records,[2] and at the 1947 Victorian Athletics Championships won all four sprint events, 75 yards through to 440 yards.[3]

Early life

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Ogle was born in the Melbourne suburb of Fawkner in Victoria. Her parents were William "Billy" Ogle, a professional bike rider and process engraver, and "Peggy" Martin, a stage performer.

She attended scholastically elite University High School where her athletic prowess stood out, her small stature and slight build notwithstanding. She joined Southport Athletic Club and competed in a wide range of events, including the discus, in which she won one of many club junior championships.

Athletic career

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Ogle's athletic career happened to coincide with the period when Australian women sprinters were at their most dominant.

Not having much big race experience at all, Ogle didn't perform up to her best at the Women's 1948 Olympic Selection Athletics Trials in Sydney and didn't make the team for London . She was 5th in the 100 yards, with the first four, Joyce King, Shirley Strickland, Betty McKinnon and June Matson making up the Women's 4 x 100 metre relay which won the silver medal.[4] She was 5th in the 220 yards too, behind Joyce King, future multiple Olympic Champion and world recordholder, Shirley Strickland, Betty McKinnon and, another future multiple Olympic Champion and world recordholder, Marjorie Jackson. Competition for a spot on the sprint team was obviously pretty tough, with Joyce King and Shirley Strickland being the 1st. and 2nd. ranked of all the athletes from all the sports that had been presented by their sports associations to the Australian Olympic Federation for grading and selection in the Australian 1948 Summer Olympics team.

The strength of Australia's women in athletics at the time was further demonstrated by their results in the 1950 Commonwealth Games in Auckland where they won every event, except the High Jump and Long Jump.[5]

Additional information

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In 1950, she married Australian Olympian Hurdler Ray Weinberg and supported his efforts in making the 1952 Summer Olympics team and was integral in the success of his other ventures in athletics. She'd also assisted him with his 1948 London Olympics programme where, even though visiting Olympic teams had to provide their own food due to post-war privations,[6] she supplemented that with food packages, including eggs in the form of a special homemade Advocaat.

Shirley and Ray have three children.

Statistics

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Records[7]
Event Record Place Date
100y Australian Wangaratta, Australia 7 January 1948
220y South Australian Adelaide, Australia 1947
100y Victorian Melbourne, Australia 1948
220y Victorian Melbourne, Australia 1948
State championships[3]
Year State Event Place Time
1945 Victoria 220y 1st. 26.4
1946 Victoria 220y 1st.
440y 1st. 61.3
4 x 100y Relay 1st.
1947 Victoria 75y 1st.
100y 1st. 11.0w[8]
220y 1st. 25.9
440y 1st.
South Australia 220y 1st. 25.8

References

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  1. ^ "Shirley Weinberg Death Notice". The Age. 24 April 2021. Retrieved 1 May 2021.
  2. ^ "Shirley Ogle Lowers Her Own Record". The Wangaratta Chronicle-Despatch. Wangaratta. 7 January 1948. pp. front.
  3. ^ a b https://web.archive.org/web/20090808122638/http://geocities.com/geetee/history/ch_vic.html Victorian Athletics Champions
  4. ^ "Australian Women's Championships - 1947-48". Archived from the original on 22 December 2011. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
  5. ^ http://www.thecgf.com/games/tally_cat_results.asp[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ Hampton, Jennifer (2009). The Austerity Olympics. London, U.K.: Aurum Press. ISBN 9781845133344.
  7. ^ Athletics Australia - all time performances Archived 3 February 2009 at archive.today
  8. ^ The Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : Friday 14 March 1947