Barbara Inkpen
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| Born | 28 October 1949 Farnham, Surrey, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 3 September 2021 (aged 71) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Barbara Jean Lawton (née Inkpen; 28 October 1949 – 3 September 2021) was a track and field athlete from England, who mainly competed in the high jump event during her career.[1]
Athletics career
Inkpen trained at Aldershot, Farnham & District AC and represented Great Britain at two Summer Olympics (1968 and 1972).[2] She represented England and won a gold medal in the high jump event, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand.[3][4][5] She was also runner up in the 1972 Sports Woman Of The Year.
References
- ^ "Barbara Inkpen". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Barbara Inkpen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
- ^ "1974 Games". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes, 1974 England team". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
External links
Commonwealth Games champions in women's high jump | |
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- 1949 births
- 2021 deaths
- People from Farnham
- Sportspeople from Surrey
- British female high jumpers
- English female high jumpers
- Olympic athletes of Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
- European Athletics Championships medalists
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