Alice Whitty
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1959 Chicago | High Jump |
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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
Categories:
- 1934 births
- 2017 deaths
- Canadian female high jumpers
- Olympic track and field athletes of Canada
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Canada
- Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1955 Pan American Games
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1959 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games
- People from Richmond, British Columbia
- Sportspeople from British Columbia
- Canadian track and field athletics biography stubs