Dorothy Tyler-Odam
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Birth name | Dorothy Jennifer Beatrice Odam | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Stockwell, London, England | March 14, 1920|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 25 September 2014 | (aged 94)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dorothy Jennifer Beatrice Tyler, MBE (née Odam; 14 March 1920 – 25 September 2014) was a British athlete who competed mainly in the high jump. She was born in Stockwell, London.[1]
Odam competed for Great Britain in the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, Germany where she won the silver medal behind Ibolya Csák. She jumped the highest and was the first to clear 1.60 meters, and would have won under modern countback rules, but under the 1936 rulebook a jump-off was called for, and Csák won the gold.[2]
In 1939 she broke the world record in the high jump with 1.66m, but Germany's
She won the silver medal again in the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, making her the only woman to win Olympic athletics medals before and after the war.[4] Her 1936 win also made her the first British woman to win an individual Olympic medal in athletics.[2]
Odam was also twice a gold medallist at the
She was appointed
In 2012, she was the official starter for the London Marathon.
She died on 25 September 2014 aged 94 following a long illness.[6]
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Dorothy Odam-Tyler". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f Steven Downes. "Dorothy Tyler: High jumper who met Hitler then became the first British woman to win an individual Olympic medal in athletics | News". The Independent. Retrieved 16 February 2016.
- ^ Ratjen had retired from competing in 1938, though, and her titles and records had been pulled. Hamburger Nachrichten, Oct 1, 1938, p. 11 (one of several sources).
- ^ Thordardottir, Ingibjorg (26 August 2008). "UK | Keep it simple say 1948 Olympians". BBC News. Archived from the original on 28 August 2008. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ^ "2002 New Year Honours". The London Gazette. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ^ "Dorothy Tyler dies aged 94". Athleticsweekly.com. 26 September 2014.
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