Phyllis Bartholomew
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| Nationality | British (English) | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 19 April 1914 Reading, Berkshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | January 2002 (aged 87) Portugal | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | long jump | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Reading AC | ||||||||||||||
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Phyllis Bartholomew (19 April 1914 – 26 January 2002) was an English track and field athlete who competed in the long jump event during her career.
Biography
[edit]Bartholomew born in Reading, Berkshire, finished second behind Muriel Cornell in the long jump event at the 1930 WAAA Championships.[1] Two years later, she became the national long jump champion after winning the WAAA Championships title at the 1932 WAAA Championships[2] and subsequently retained the title at the 1933 WAAA Championships[3] and the 1934 WAAA Championships.[4][5][6]
She won the gold medal in the long jump at the 1934 British Empire Games, and set her personal best (5.69 metres) on 9 July 1932 at a meet in London. She married Manuel Braz in Reading in 1937.[7] The couple later moved to Portugal, where Braz died in 1975 and Bartholomew died in January 2002 at the age of 87.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ "Women Athletes". Liverpool Daily Post. 18 August 1930. 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.
- ^ "Women's A.A.A. Titles". Weekly Dispatch (London). 1 July 1934. 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.
- ^ "FreeBMD Birth, Marriage and Death Records". FreeBMD. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
- ^ Phyllis Bartholomew - LifeStory
External links
[edit]Commonwealth Games champions in women's long jump | |
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