Sheila Lerwill
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1952 Helsinki | High jump |
Sheila W. Lerwill (born 16 August 1928) is a British athlete who competed mainly in the high jump. She was born Sheila Alexander in London, marrying Michael H. M. Lerwill in Wandsworth in 1951.[1][2]
Lerwill broke the world record for women's high jump on 7 July 1951 in London with a jump of 1.72 metres, beating the previous record of 1.71 metres 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 metres.[3] She competed for Great Britain in the high jump at the 1952 Summer Olympics, held in Helsinki, Finland, where she won the silver medal with a jump of 1.65 metres. It was Britain's best athletics medal at the games.
References
External links
- Sheila Lerwill at Olympics.com
- Sheila Lerwill at Olympedia
- Sheila Lerwill at Team GB
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- 1938: Ibolya Csák (HUN)
- 1946: Anne-Marie Colchen (FRA)
- 1950: Sheila Lerwill (GBR)
- 1954: Thelma Hopkins (GBR)
- 1958: Iolanda Balaș (ROU)
- 1962: Iolanda Balaș (ROU)
- 1966: Taisia Chenchik (URS)
- 1969: Miloslava Rezková (TCH)
- 1971: Ilona Gusenbauer (AUT)
- 1974: Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR)
- 1978: Sara Simeoni (ITA)
- 1982: Ulrike Meyfarth (FRG)
- 1986: Stefka Kostadinova (BGR)
- 1990: Heike Henkel (FRG)
- 1994: Britta Bilač (SLO)
- 1998: Monica Iagăr (ROU)
- 2002: Kajsa Bergqvist (SWE)
- 2006: Tia Hellebaut (BEL)
- 2010: Blanka Vlašić (CRO)
- 2012: Ruth Beitia (ESP)
- 2014: Ruth Beitia (ESP)
- 2016: Ruth Beitia (ESP)
- 2018: Mariya Lasitskene (ANA)
- 2022: Yaroslava Mahuchikh (UKR)
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