Ann Wilson (athlete)

Ann Wilson

Wilson at the 1972 Olympics
Personal information
Born	29 September 1949 (1949-09-29) (age 74) Rochford, England
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	58 kg (128 lb)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Hurdles, long jump, pentathlon
Club	Southend-on-Sea AC
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	80 mH – 10.8 (1967) 100 mH – 13.53 (1972) LJ – 6.56 m (1970)[1]
Medal record Representing  England British Commonwealth Games 1970 Edinburgh Pentathlon 1970 Edinburgh Long jump 1970 Edinburgh High jump 1974 Christchurch Pentathlon Representing  Great Britain European Cup 1970 Budapest Long jump

Ann Shirley Wilson (born 29 September 1949), also known as Ann Simmonds is a retired English pentathlete.^[1]

Athletics career

She competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics in the pentathlon, hurdles and long jump events with the best result of 13th place in the long jump in 1968 and in the pentathlon in 1972.

Wilson collected three silver and one bronze medals at the British Commonwealth Games in 1970–74.^[1] She represented England in the 80 metres hurdles, long jump and high jump, at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.^[2][3]

Four years later at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, she won three silver medals in the long jump, high jump and pentathlon^[4][5] and a further four years later she won a bronze medal in the pentathlon at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games at Christchurch, New Zealand.^[6]

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