Sheila Lerwill
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women’s Athletics | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 1952 Helsinki | High jump |
Sheila Lerwill (born 16 August 1928) is a British athlete who competed mainly in the high jump.
She broke the World record for women's high jump on 7 July 1951 in London with a jump of 1.72 meters, beating the previous record of 1.71 meters set by Fanny Blankers-Koen of the Netherlands on 30 May 1943 in Amsterdam. The record was broken on 22 May 1954 by Aleksandra Chudina of the USSR in Kiev with a jump of 1.73 meters.[1]
She competed for Great Britain in the 1952 Summer Olympics held in Helsinki, Finland in the high jump where she won the silver medal with a jump of 1.65 metres. It was Britain's best athletics medal at the games.
References
- ↑ "World Records for High Jump (Women)". World Records. Cleave Books. Retrieved 2008-02-19.
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