Dorothy Saunders
Appearance
Medal record | ||
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Women's athletics | ||
Representing England | ||
British Empire Games | ||
1938 Sydney | 4×110/220 yd | |
1938 Sydney | 3×110/220 yd |
Dorothy Saunders (later Jackson; 22 January 1915 – 12 November 2013)[1] was an English track and field athlete who competed in the 1938 British Empire Games.
At the 1938 Empire Games she was a member of the English relay team which won the silver medal in the 220-110-220-110 yards event and the bronze medal in the 110-220-110 yards competition. In the 100 yards contest as well as in the 220 yards event she was eliminated in the semi-finals. She also competed in the 1938 European Championships in Athletics held in Vienna and finished fourth in the 100 metre contest and fifth in the 200 metre event.
References
External links
- Profile at TOPS in athletics
- Profile at trackfield.brinkster.net
- British national athletics records as of 1950 (Internet Archive)
Categories:
- 1915 births
- 2013 deaths
- English female sprinters
- Commonwealth Games competitors for England
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1938 British Empire Games
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- English athletics biography stubs