Elsie Green
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 January 1908 Edmonton, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | October 2002 (aged 94) Gipping, Suffolk, England | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Hurdles | ||||||||||||||
| Club | North London Harriers | ||||||||||||||
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Elsie Eleanor Green married name Plimmer (27 January 1908 – October 2002) was an English athlete[1] who competed in the 1934 British Empire Games.
Biography
[edit]Green became the national 80 metres hurdles champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1931 WAAA Championships and setting a world record in a time of 12.0 sec.[2] Green successfully defended her title the following two years at the 1932 WAAA Championships[3] and the 1933 WAAA Championships.[4][5][6]
Green represented England at the 1934 Empire Games, where she won the bronze medal in the 80 metre hurdles event.[7] Green won her fourth and fifth WAAA hurdles titles at the 1934 WAAA Championships and the 1935 WAAA Championships respectively.[8]
In 1935, she married another athlete Thomas F. Plimmer.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Grim concentration". Daily Express. 2 June 1933. Retrieved 23 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Women Set Up new Records". Weekly Dispatch (London). 12 July 1931. Retrieved 23 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Sprinters' break world records in successive heats". Weekly Dispatch (London). 10 July 1932. Retrieved 24 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Records go by the board". Weekly Dispatch (London). 16 July 1933. Retrieved 24 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- ^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
- ^ "London 1934 Team". Team England. Retrieved 19 January 2025.
- ^ "Athletics". Hull Daily Mail. 10 August 1935. Retrieved 24 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "She didn't mind this April Shower". Daily Express. 29 April 1935. Retrieved 23 January 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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