Winifred Sadie Jordan née Jeffrey (15 March 1920 – 13 April 2019), was an English athlete who competed at the 1938 British Empire Games, 1946 European Athletics Championships, and 1948 Summer Olympics.

Biography

She was born in Kings Norton, Birmingham. She left school aged 14 to work at Dunlop, where her father was employed, and where she participated with the athletics club.

Before her marriage and competing as Winifred Jeffrey, she became the national 100 metres champion after winning the British WAAA Championships at the 1937 WAAA Championships.[1][2]

In the athletics at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, she was a member of the English relay team which won the silver medal in the 220-110-220-110 yards event and the bronze medal in the 110-220-110 yards competition. In the 100 yards contest she was eliminated in the semi-finals.[3]

Her athletics career was interrupted by the Second World War but on 18 August 1945 she won three WAAA titles at the 1945 WAAA Championships[4] and then she won silver medals in the 100 metres and 200 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships in Oslo, while her 4 × 100 metres relay team came fourth.

She regained her WAAA title at the 1947 WAAA Championships[5] and the 1948 WAAA Championships.[6]

At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, she was eliminated in the semi-finals of the women's 100 metres.[7] Jordan died on 13 April 2019 at the age of 99.[8][9]

References

  1. ^ "Miss Gladys Lunn's Triple Success". Birmingham Weekly Mercury. 8 August 1937. Retrieved 24 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  3. ^ "Sydney 1938 Team". Team England. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
  4. ^ "Athletics". Birmingham Daily Post. 20 August 1945. Retrieved 26 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 24 January 2025.
  6. ^ "Mrs Jordan keeps title". Weekly Dispatch (London). 27 June 1948. Retrieved 2 February 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ^ Gjerde, Arild; Jeroen Heijmans; Bill Mallon; Hilary Evans (May 2014). "Winnie Jordan Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics. Sports Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 May 2014.
  8. ^ Athletics Weekly: Winnie Jordan passes, 25 April 2019
  9. ^ Winnie Jordan obituary, The Times, 3 May 2019
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie_Jordan
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