Jill Hall (athlete)
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| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1947 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprints | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Mitcham AC | |||||||||||||||||
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Jill Annette Hall (born 1947), is a female former athlete who competed for England in athletics events..
Biography
[edit]Hall, a member of the Mitcham Athletics Club, finished second behind Irena Kirszenstein in the 100 yards event at the 1965 WAAA Championships but by virtue of being the highest placed British athlete was considered the British 100 yards champion.[1] The following year at the 1966 WAAA Championships, Hall finished second again but this time behind Daphne Slater.[2][3]
Shortly afterwards Hall represented England and won a silver medal in the 4 x 110 yards relay and a bronze medal in the 100 yards, at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.[4][5][6]
Hall also reached the final of the 1966 European Athletics Championships.
References
[edit]- ^ "Results". Sunday Express. 4 July 1965. Retrieved 28 February 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
- ^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 28 February 2025.
- ^ "1966 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Kingston, Jamaica, 1966 Team". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 2 August 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
- 1947 births
- Living people
- English female sprinters
- British female sprinters
- Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century English sportswomen