Dorothy Manley
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Full name | Dorothy Gladys Manley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Manor Park, London, England | 29 April 1927||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 31 October 2021 Ilford, London, England | (aged 94)||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 51 kg (112 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Essex Ladies Athletic Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1952 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Olympic finals | 1948 Summer Olympics: 100m – Silver | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dorothy Gladys Manley (later Hall, then Parlett; 29 April 1927 – 31 October 2021) was a British sprinter. She competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics, held in London, in the 100 metres where she won the silver medal with a time of 12.2 seconds. She was the first British woman to win an Olympic sprint medal. [1] She was also a medallist in the 1950 British Empire Games, and the 1950 European Athletics Championships. [2]
Early life
Manley was born in
Athletic career
She raced for the
She was originally accepted for the Olympics as a high jumper, but her coach told her she wouldn't make the grade and trained her to be a sprinter in just five months. [1]
Her mother made her running vest and shorts for the Games, but she was given the blazer and skirt for the opening ceremony. While at the Games, she travelled to and from Wembley on the London Underground, as she was sharing a room with two other athletes near Eccleston Square in central London.[citation needed]
She qualified for the
She won the WAAA Championships title for 200 m at the 1950 meeting at
Manley retired from athletics in 1952 after suffering from a thyroid condition.[3]
Personal life
Manley married twice, first in 1949 to Peter Hall, who died in 1973, and then in 1979 to John Parlett,[3] a middle-distance runner she knew from the 1948 Olympics.[4] In 2012 Manley had three children, five grandchildren, and 16 great-grandchildren.[5]
Manley died on 31 October 2021, at the age of 94.[6][7][1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Dorothy Manley obituary".
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dorothy Manley". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Aitken, Alastair. "Dorothy Manley – Silver medalist London Olympics 1948". Highgate Harriers. Archived from the original on 25 April 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
- ^ Thordardottir, Ingibjorg (26 August 2008). "Keep it simple say 1948 Olympians". BBC News. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 24 March 2012.
- ^ Kleebauer, Alistair (6 May 2012) Woodford Green Olympian recalls storming to silver in 100m final of 1948 London Games Archived 24 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine. ilfordrecorder.co.uk
- ^ Henderson, Jason (3 November 2021). "Olympic sprint medallist Dorothy Manley dies aged 94". Athletics Weekly.
- ^ "Dorothy Manley". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 November 2021.