Viola Myers

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Viola Myers (* 1927 ) is a former Canadian sprinter .

At the Olympic Games in London in 1948 she won the team bronze medal in the 4 x 100 meter relay in 47.8 seconds with her teammates Nancy Mackay , Diane Foster and Patricia Jones with Myers as the last runner behind the Netherlands team ( Gold) and the team from Australia (silver). In the 100-meter run in the same year, she finished 4th in 12.3 seconds.

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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Myers, viola
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian sprinter
DATE OF BIRTH 1927