Alice Whitty
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| Medal record | ||
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| Women's athletics | ||
Representing  Canada
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| Pan American Games | ||
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1959 Chicago | High Jump |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
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1954 Vancouver | High Jump |
Alice Ann Doreen Simicak (née Whitty; March 24, 1934 – January 7, 2017) was a female high jumper from Canada, who represented her native country at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia.[1] A resident of Richmond, British Columbia, she claimed the silver medal in the women's high jump event at the 1959 Pan American Games, alongside Chile's .
Whitty died on January 7, 2017 in Richmond at the age of 82.[2]
References[]
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alice Whitty". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
Full name: Alice Ann Doreen Whitty
- ^ "Alice Ann SIMICAK Obituary". legacy.com. January 12, 2017. Retrieved January 20, 2017.
External links[]
- Alice Whitty at World Athletics
- Alice Whitty at Olympedia
- Alice Ann Doreen Whitty at the Commonwealth Games Federation
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- Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
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