Carole Quinton

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Carole Quinton
Personal information
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)[1]
Weight132 lb (60 kg)[1]
Sport
SportHurdling, sprinting
Event(s)80 metres hurdles, 4 × 100 metres relay
ClubBirchfield Harriers[1]
Achievements and titles
Regional finals1958
Olympic finals1956, 1960
Commonwealth finals1958
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1960 Rome 80 m hurdles
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1958 Stockholm 4x100 m relay
Representing  England
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1958 Cardiff 80 m hurdles

Carole Louise Quinton (born 11 July 1936) is a female former English track and field athlete, who won silver medals at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, 1958 European Athletics Championships and 1960 Summer Olympics.

Athletics career[]

Quinton competed in the sprint and 80 metres hurdles events.[1] She competed for Great Britain at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[1] Despite not being in the initial British squad, she was selected to replace Pam Elliot, who withdrew as she was pregnant.[2] She represented England and won a silver medal in the 80 metres hurdles at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales.[3][4] In the final, Quinton and winner Norma Thrower finished in a wind assisted 10.7 seconds in the final, faster than the previous Games record, though due to the wind assistance, it was not classified as a Games record time.[5] At the time of her British Commonwealth and Empire Games medal, Quinton was the reigning British national champion in the 80 metres event.[5] In the same year, she was in the British team that came second in the 4 × 100 metres relay event at the 1958 European Athletics Championships.[6] In 1959, she competed in a Great Britain vs West Germany athletics meeting in White City, London. She came second in the 80 metres hurdles event.[7]

In 1960, she set the British national record time for the 80 metres hurdles twice. She ran a record time of 11.0 seconds in July 1960,[8] and later in the month, she ran a new record time of 10.9 seconds.[9] At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy, Quinton won the silver medal in the 80 m hurdles.[1] She also competed in the 4 × 100 metres relay alongside Dorothy Hyman, Jenny Smart and Mary Rand. They did not finish in the final of the event.[10]

Personal life[]

Quinton was born in Rugby, Warwickshire.[1] She worked as a shorthand typist.[2] In 1961, she married water polo player David Barr in Hove.[11]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Carole Quinton". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2010-01-24.
  2. ^ a b "Five four get Games trip to Melbourne". London Evening Standard. 4 October 1956. p. 20. Retrieved 3 September 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  4. ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.
  5. ^ a b "Norma Thrower has quick start". London Evening Standard. 26 July 1958. p. 2. Retrieved 3 September 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "European Champions (Women)". UK Athletics. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  7. ^ "Consolation". London Evening Standard. 1 August 1959. p. 2. Retrieved 3 September 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Easy victory". London Evening Standard. 2 July 1960. p. 20. Retrieved 3 September 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Records in Olympic Run-Up". The Observer. 10 July 1960. p. 16. Retrieved 3 September 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "4 x 100 metres Relay, Women". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
  11. ^ "Olympic bride at Hove". London Evening Standard. 26 August 1961. p. 9. Retrieved 3 September 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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