Sue Reeve
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Susan Diane "Sue" Reeve (née Scott; born 17 September 1951 in Birmingham, West Midlands) is a former female track and field athlete from England.[1]
Athletics career
She competed in the women's long jump, pentathlon and heptathlon during her career. She represented Great Britain at three Summer Olympics: 1968, 1976 and 1980.
As Sue Scott she competed in the 1968 Olympics and in 1969 competed in the pentathlon at the 1969 European Athletics Championships in Athens. One year later she represented England in 100 metres hurdles and pentathlon events, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[2][3]
In 1971 she married and afterwards competed as Sue Reeve.
In 1978 she won a gold medal in the long jump, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada,[4] either side of this success she appeared in two more Olympic Games, competing in the long jump.
References
- ^ "Olympic profile". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.
- ^ "1970 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Edinburgh, 1970 Team". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- 1951 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Birmingham, West Midlands
- British heptathletes
- British female long jumpers
- English female long jumpers
- Olympic athletes of Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games