Elizabeth Taylor (athlete)
Elizabeth Taylor ( Elizabeth Garner "Betty" Taylor; ) (born February 22, 1916 in Ingersoll ; † February 2, 1977 ) was a Canadian hurdler .
In 1932, she retired from the Olympic Games in Los Angeles over the 80-meter hurdles in the preliminary run. In the same discipline, she won silver at the British Empire Games in London in 1934 in 11.9 seconds behind the South African Marjorie Clark and at the Women's World Games in London with her personal best of 11.7 seconds behind the German Ruth Engelhard .
At the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, she won bronze in 11.7 seconds behind the Italian Trebisonda Valla (gold) and the German Anni Steuer (silver).
In 1933, 1934 and 1936 she became Canadian champion.
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede: The Modern Olympic Century 1896-1996 Track and Field Athletics. Berlin 1999 (published by the German Society for Athletics Documentation eV )
Web links
- Elizabeth Taylor in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Taylor, Elizabeth |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Taylor, Elizabeth Garner (full name); Taylor, Betty |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian hurdler |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 22, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ingersoll |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd February 1977 |