Gloria Wigney
![]() Gloria Wigney at the 1960 Olympics | |||||||||||
Personal information | |||||||||||
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Born | 17 November 1934 Stanmore, New South Wales, Australia | (age 87)||||||||||
Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||
Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | ||||||||||
Sport | |||||||||||
Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||
Event(s) | Hurdles, sprint | ||||||||||
Club | Western Suburbs AAC, Sydney | ||||||||||
Achievements and titles | |||||||||||
Personal best(s) | 80 mH – 10.8 (1960) 100 m – 11.7 (1959)[1][2] | ||||||||||
Medal record
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Gloria Janet Wigney (née Cooke on 17 November 1934) is a retired Australian sprinter. Competing in the 80 m hurdles event she placed third at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games and sixth at the 1956 Summer Olympics.[1] In late 1961 she gave birth to a son. At the time she lived in Bantry Bay (New South Wales).[3] She twice represented Australia at the Summer Olympics, competing in 1956 and 1960.[1]
References[]
- ^ a b c Gloria Cooke-Wigney Archived 5 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ^ Gloria Wigney (née Cooke). trackfield.brinkster.net
- ^ Bid by Games Star. The Sydney Morning Herald (1 April 1962)
Categories:
- 1934 births
- Living people
- Athletes from Sydney
- Australian female hurdlers
- Olympic athletes of Australia
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia
- Australian athletics biography stubs