Alice Whitty
Appearance
Medal record | ||
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Representing Canada | ||
Women's Athletics | ||
Pan American Games | ||
Chicago 1959 | High Jump | |
Commonwealth Games | ||
Vancouver 1954 | High Jump |
Alice Ann Simicak (née Whitty; March 24, 1934 – January 7, 2017) was a female high jumper from Canada, who represented her native country at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. A resident of Richmond, British Columbia, she claimed the silver medal in the women's high jump event at the 1959 Pan American Games, alongside Chile's Renata Friedrichs.
Whitty died on January 7, 2017 in Richmond at the age of 82.[1]
References
- ^ "Alice Ann SIMICAK Obituary". legacy.com. January 12, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
Categories:
- 1934 births
- 2017 deaths
- People from Richmond, British Columbia
- Sportspeople from British Columbia
- Canadian female high jumpers
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1955 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1959 Pan American Games
- Olympic track and field athletes of Canada
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Canadian track and field athletics biography stubs