Christine Bell (athlete)

Christine Bell (née Perera; born October 11, 1949 ) is a former British hurdler .

In 1969 she won bronze over the 50 m hurdles at the European Indoor Games in Belgrade and was seventh over the 100 m hurdles at the European Athletics Championships in Athens .

At the British Commonwealth Games in 1970 she won bronze for England over the 100 m hurdles.

In 1968 she became English champion over 100 m hurdles, in 1968 and 1970 over 200 m hurdles and in 1969 English indoor champion over 60 m hurdles. On June 3, 1967 in Blackburn she set an unofficial world record over 100 m hurdles with 13.7 s.

Personal bests

• 50 m hurdles (hall): 7.1 s, March 1, 1970, Bucharest
• 60 m hurdles (hall): 8.6 s, 1969
• 100 m hurdles: 13.82 s, July 23, 1970, Edinburgh (hand-stopped: 13.4 s, August 2, 1970, Berlin )
• 200 m hurdles: 27.4 s, June 19, 1970, London

Web links

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