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Eileen Wearne
Eileen Wearne training at Manual Arts High School, Los Angeles, 1932
Born 30 January 1912Enfield, New South Wales Died 6 July 2007 (aged 95)Sydney, Australia Height 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in ) Sport Athletics Event(s ) 100 m, 200 m Club Western Suburbs AAC, Sydney Personal best(s ) 100 m – 12.3 (1932) 200 m – 25.0 (1938)[1] [2]
Alice Eileen Wearne (30 January 1912 – 7 July 2007) was an Australian sprinter. She competed in the 1932 Summer Olympics , and won gold and bronze medals at the 1938 British Empire Games .
Athletic career
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Wearne was selected in the Australian Olympic team as a sprinter and was the second woman selected to represent Australia in athletics at the Olympic Games after Edith Robinson .[3] She competed in the 100-metre sprint competition finishing fourth in her heat.[4]
Wearne continued to participate in athletic events in Australia during the 1930s and won New South Wales and Australian championships enjoying a healthy rivalry with Robinson. However, she did not compete in the 1934 British Empire Games or 1936 Summer Olympics . She entered the 1938 British Empire Games which were held in Sydney. Wearne finished third in the 220-yard sprint behind fellow Australians Decima Norman and Jean Coleman . She was a member of the 440-yard relay gold medal team with Norman.[3] Wearne was the first woman to represent Australia at both the Olympics and British Empire Games with Victorian high jumper Doris Carter .[5]
After athletics
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Wearne continued to be active in the Olympic movement in Australia. She lived to be 95 making her Australia's longest lived Olympian before her death in July 2007.[4]
References
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^ a b "Eileen Wearne" . Australian Women Biographical Entry
^ a b "Australia's oldest Olympian dies aged 95" . Melbourne Age . 7 July 2007
^ "Australia’s oldest living Olympian passes away" . Australian Olympic Committee . 9 July 2007
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Eileen_Wearne&oldid=1229311855 "
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