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Rosella Thorne

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Rosella Thorne
Personal information
Birth nameEmelie Rosella Marie Thorne
Born(1930-12-11)11 December 1930
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Died16 April 2022(2022-04-16) (aged 91)[1]
Merced, California, United States
Sport
SportSprinting
Event100 metres

Rosella Thorne (11 December 1930 – 16 April 2022) was a Canadian sprinter. She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[2][3]

Thorne later moved to California in the United States, where she worked as a maths instructor at Merced College.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "Rosella Marie Johnson". Dignity Memorial. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rosella Thorne Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Post-1948 Canadian Olympic Mysteries". Olympstats. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Hospice story of Valley lives begins at the end". The Fresno Bee. 23 May 2010. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
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