Carole Quinton
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Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 132 lb (60 kg)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Hurdling, sprinting | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | 80 metres hurdles, 4 × 100 metres relay | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Birchfield Harriers[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic finals | 1956, 1960 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Regional finals | 1958 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commonwealth finals | 1958 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Carole Louise Quinton (born 11 July 1936) is an English former track and field athlete, who won silver medals at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, 1958 European Athletics Championships and 1960 Summer Olympics.
Early life
She attended St Paul's RC School in Coleshill. She moved to Anchorage Rd in Sutton Coldfield in 1951.[2] Her father Fred was an inspector in the Police.[3]
Athletics career
Quinton competed in the
In 1960, she set the British national record time for the 80 metres hurdles twice. She ran a record time of 11.0 seconds in July 1960,[10] and later in the month, she ran a new record time of 10.9 seconds.[11] At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, Quinton won the silver medal in the 80 m hurdles.[1] She also competed in the 4 × 100 metres relay alongside Dorothy Hyman, Jenny Smart and Mary Rand. They did not finish in the final of the event.[12]
Personal life
Quinton was born in Rugby, Warwickshire.[1] She worked as a shorthand typist.[4] In 1961, she married water polo player David Barr in Hove.[13]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carole Quinton". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ Coleshill Chronicle Saturday 29 July 1950, page 2
- ^ Birmingham Mail Friday 13 July 1951, page 7
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- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
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- ^ "European Champions (Women)". UK Athletics. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
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- ^ "4 x 100 metres Relay, Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
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