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Nora Callebout
Callebout in 1922
Personal information
Born29 April 1895
Died1 January 1995
Alma materRoyal Holloway
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)60–250m, relay
Medal record
Representing  United Kingdom
Women's World Games
Bronze medal – third place 1922 Paris 60 m
Silver medal – second place 1922 Paris 4x75m
Gold medal – first place 1922 Paris 60 m
Gold medal – first place 1922 Paris 4×1 laps
Gold medal – first place 1922 Paris 100 yd
Gold medal – first place 1922 Paris 4x110 yd
Gold medal – first place 1923 Monte Carlo 200 m
Gold medal – first place 1923 Monte Carlo 4x1 laps
Gold medal – first place 1923 Monte Carlo 4x100 m
Gold medal – first place 1923 Monte Carlo 60 m

Nora Eveline Callebout (1895 – 1995) was a British track athlete who won ten medals across two Women’s World Games, a precursor to women’s sport entering the Olympics, and was part of the record-setting 4x110 yds relay team in 1922.

Life

Callebout graduated from Holloway College, University of London in 1917 with a Class I BA in mathematics.[1]

At the first Women’s World Games in Paris in 1922, originally called the 'Women’s Olympic Games' until objections from the Olympic Committee, Callebout won six medals in track events.[2] She took bronze in the 60-metre dash, silver in the 4x100 m relay, and gold in four events: the 60m, 4x1 175 m laps, 100 yards, and the 4x110 yards.[3][4] In that event she set a world record of 51.8 seconds along with Gwendoline Porter, Daisy Leach, and team captain Mary Lines.

A week after the Games, Callebout travelled with the London Olympiades Athletic Club to Brussels to compete in eight events against Femina Sports Club of Brussels and the Paris Club Femina AC. The London Olympiades dominated the match, with Callebout setting two Belgian records (10.6 seconds in the 80m and 45.4 seconds in the 300m).[5]

Returning to the second World Games in Monte Carlo in 1923, Callebout again won four golds, this time in 60m, 200m, 4x100m and 4x1 laps.

In 1923 she returned to university and gained an MA.[1]

Callebout’s married name was Coates.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b "Callebaut, Nora". mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  2. ^ Williams, Jean (2014-04-24). A Contemporary History of Women's Sport, Part One. Routledge. p. 211. ISBN 978-1-317-74666-9.
  3. ^ "Charging Amazons and Fair Invaders: The 1922 Dick, Kerr's Ladies' Soccer Tour of North America - Sowing Seed", Europe, Sport, World, Routledge, pp. 161–186, 2013-07-04, ISBN 978-1-315-03875-9, retrieved 2024-06-19
  4. ^ Williams, Jean (2014-04-24). A Contemporary History of Women's Sport, Part One. Routledge. p. 133. ISBN 978-1-317-74666-9.
  5. ^ Robinson, Lynne (1996). "'Tripping Daintily into the Arena': A Social History of English Women's Athletics 1921-1960". p. 87. Retrieved 2024-06-19.
  6. ^ "Nora Callebout". Athletics Podium. Retrieved 2024-06-19.

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