Joslyn Hoyte-Smith
| Joslyn Hoyte-Smith medal table |
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 United Kingdom of England
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| Olympic Summer Games | ||
| bronze | 1980 Moscow | 4 × 400 m |
| Commonwealth Games | ||
| gold | 1978 Edmonton | 4 × 400 m |
| bronze | 1982 Brisbane | 400 m |
Joslyn Hoyte-Smith (born December 16, 1954 in Barbados ) is a former British athlete who specialized in the 400-meter run .
Hoyte-Smith was three times British Champion and Champion of the Amateur Athletic Association . At the European Athletics Championships in Prague in 1978 , she finished fourth with the British 4 x 400 meter relay . In the 400-meter run she reached the semi-finals. Shortly afterwards she won the English relay at the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton .
At the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, she won the bronze medal behind the teams from the Soviet Union and the GDR in the 4 x 400 meter relay together with Linsey Macdonald , Michelle Scutt and Donna Hartley . Two years later, she finished fifth with the relay at the European Athletics Championships in Athens in 1982 and was third in the 400-meter run at the Commonwealth Games in Brisbane . At the 1984 Olympic Games , she reached fourth place with the relay.
Joslyn Hoyte-Smith is 1.63 m tall, weighed 52 kg during her playing days and started for the Dorothy Hyman Track Club .
Web links
- Joslyn Hoyte-Smith in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ gbrathletics.com: UK Championships
- ↑ gbrathletics.com: AAA Championships (Women)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hoyte-Smith, Joslyn |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British athlete |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 16, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Barbados |