Barbara Inkpen
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Born | 28 October 1949 (1949-10-28) Farnham, Surrey, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 3 September 2021(2021-09-03) (aged 71) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Barbara Jean Lawton (née Inkpen; 28 October 1949 – 3 September 2021) was a track and field athlete from England, who mainly competed in the high jump event during her career.[1]
Athletics career
Inkpen trained at Aldershot, Farnham & District AC and represented Great Britain at two Summer Olympics (1968 and 1972).[2]
On Saturday 19 April 1969 she took the British record from 5ft 9.25in to 5ft 9.5in at Ewell, Surrey. [3]
On Saturday 7 June 1969 she took the British record to 5 ft 10 at the London Southern Women's Championship.[4][5]
Saturday 11 July 1970 she equalled the British record of 5ft 10.5in at White City at the Great Britain v East Germany competition, after it had been taken to that record on 18 June 1969 in Sweden.[6]
She represented England and won a gold medal in the high jump event, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand.[7][8][9] She was also runner up in the 1972 Sports Woman Of The Year.
References
- ^ "Barbara Inkpen". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Barbara Inkpen". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
- ^ Sunday Mirror Sunday 20 April 1969, page 47
- ^ The People Sunday 8 June 1969, page 19
- ^ Coventry Evening Telegraph Saturday 7 June 1969, page 36
- ^ Sunday Mirror Sunday 12 July 1970, page 34
- ^ "1974 Games". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes, 1974 England team". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 6 March 2019. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
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- 1934: Marjorie Clark (RSA)
- 1938: Dorothy Tyler-Odam (ENG)
- 1950: Dorothy Tyler-Odam (ENG)
- 1954: Thelma Hopkins (NIR)
- 1958: Michele Brown (AUS)
- 1962: Robyn Woodhouse (AUS)
- 1966: Michele Brown (AUS)
- 1970: Debbie Brill (CAN)
- 1974: Barbara Lawton (ENG)
- 1978: Katrina Gibbs (AUS)
- 1982: Debbie Brill (CAN)
- 1986: Christine Stanton (AUS)
- 1990: Tania Murray (NZL)
- 1994: Alison Inverarity (AUS)
- 1998: Hestrie Cloete (RSA)
- 2002: Hestrie Cloete (RSA)
- 2006: Anika Smit (RSA)
- 2010: Nicole Forrester (CAN)
- 2014: Eleanor Patterson (AUS)
- 2018: Levern Spencer (LCA)
- 2022: Lamara Distin (JAM)
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