Ethel Johnson (athlete)
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's Athletics
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Representing  England
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| British Empire Games | ||
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1934 London | 4×110/220 yd |
| Women's World Games | ||
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1934 London | 60 metres |
Ethel Johnson (8 October 1908 – 30 March 1964) was an English
athlete who competed for Great Britain in the 1932 Summer Olympics. She was born in Westhoughton, Lancashire
and was a member of Bolton United Harriers.
In 1932, she was one of a team of five women entered by the
Olympic 100 metre contest.[1]
and had to be replaced due to injury by Violet Webb in the women's 4x100 metres relay.
At the 1934 Empire Games she was a member of the English relay team which won the silver medal in the 220-110-220-110 yards relay competition (with Eileen Hiscock, Nellie Halstead, Johnson and Ivy Walker).[2] In the 100 yards competition she finished fifth and in the 220 yards contest she finished sixth.
References
- doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/103699. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ Commonwealth Games results Archived July 23, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. CWG. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
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