Brenda Bedford

Brenda Bedford ( Brenda Rose Bedford, née Sawyer; born September 4, 1937 ) is a former British shot putter and discus thrower .

In 1966, starting for England at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston , she was sixth in the shot put and discus throw.

In the shot put she was seventh at the European Indoor Games in Madrid in 1968 and eleventh at the European Athletics Championships in Athens in 1969 .

At the British Commonwealth Games she was fifth in the shot put and sixth in the discus throw in Edinburgh in 1970 and sixth in the shot put in Christchurch in 1974 .

In the shot put she was six times English champion (1966, 1967, 1969, 1973, 1975, 1977) and five times English indoor champion (1967, 1969, 1971, 1973, 1975).

Personal best

• Shot put: 16.29 m, 26 May 1976, London
  • Hall: 15.46 m, February 21, 1976, Cosford
• Discus throw: 50.57 m, 24 August 1968, Twickenham

Web links

• Athlete portrait at Power of Ten
• Brenda Bedford in the database of TOPS in athletics (English)
• Brenda Bedford in the database of trackfield.brinkster.net (English)