Ethel Smith (far left) in Amsterdam in 1928
Ethel Smith ( Ethel M. Smith ; born July 5, 1907 in Toronto , Ontario , † December 31, 1979 ibid) was a Canadian athlete and Olympic champion .
In 1928 Smith traveled to the Amsterdam Olympics . Prior to the competition, the press dubbed the small group of Canadian female athletes The Matchless Six . Smith won gold in the 4 x 100 meter relay together with Fanny Rosenfeld , Florence Bell and Myrtle Cook , as well as the bronze medal in the 100 meters behind the American Betty Robinson (gold) and her friend, the Canadian Fanny Rosenfeld (silver).
Web links
Entry into the Canada Sports Hall of Fame
Ethel Smith in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
1928: Smith , Rosenfeld , Cook , Bell ( CAN )Canada 1921 | 1932: Carew , Furtsch , Rogers , from Bremen ( USA )United States 48 | 1936: Bland , Rogers , Robinson , Stephens ( USA )United States 48 | 1948: Stad-de Jong , Witziers-Timmer , van der Kade-Koudijs , Blankers-Koen ( NED )Netherlands | 1952: Faggs , Jones , Moreau , Hardy ( USA )United States 48 | 1956: Strickland , Croker , Mellor , Cuthbert ( AUS )Australia | 1960: Hudson , Williams , Jones , Rudolph ( USA )United States | 1964: Ciepły , Szewińska , Górecka , Kłobukowska ( POL )Poland 1944 | 1968: Ferrell , Bailes , Netter , Tyus ( USA )United States | 1972: Krause , Becker , Richter , Rosendahl ( FRG )Germany BR | 1976: Göhr , Stecher , Bodendorf , Eckert ( GDR )Germany Democratic Republic 1949 | 1980: Müller , Eckert , Auerswald , Göhr ( GDR )Germany Democratic Republic 1949 | 1984: Brown , Bolden , Cheeseborough , Ashford ( USA )United States | 1988: Brown , Echols , Griffith-Joyner , Ashford ( USA )United States | 1992: Ashford , Jones , Guidry , Torrence ( USA )United States | 1996: Devers , Miller , Gaines , Torrence ( USA )United States | 2000: Fynes , Sturrup , Davis-Thompson , Ferguson ( BAH )Bahamas | 2004: Lawrence , Simpson , Bailey , Campbell ( JAM )Jamaica | 2008: Borlée , Mariën , Ouédraogo , Gevaert ( BEL )Belgium | 2012: Madison , Felix , Knight , Jeter ( USA )United States | 2016: Bartoletta , Felix , Gardner , Bowie ( USA )United States
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