Gloria Wigney
Australian athletics competitor
Gloria Wigney at the 1960 Olympics | ||||||||||||
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Born | 17 November 1934 (1934-11-17) (age 89) Stanmore, New South Wales, Australia | |||||||||||
Height | 165 cm (5 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||
Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | |||||||||||
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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] | |||||||||||
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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]
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