Winifred Jordan
Winifred Sadie Jordan was an English athlete who competed at the 1938 [British Empire Games], 1946 [European Athletics Championships], and 1948 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Winifred Sadie Jeffrey was born in Kings Norton, Birmingham. She left school aged 14 to work at Dunlop, where her father was employed, and where she participated with the athletics club.Before her marriage and competing as Winifred Jeffrey, she became the [List of British champions in 100 metres|national 100 metres champion] after winning the British WAAA Championships at the 1937 WAAA Championships.
In the athletics at the 1938 British Empire Games in Sydney, she was a member of the English relay team which won the silver medal in the 220-110-220-110 yards event and the bronze medal in the 110-220-110 yards competition. In the 100 yards contest she was eliminated in the semi-finals.
Her athletics career was interrupted by the Second World War but on 18 August 1945 she won three WAAA titles at the 1945 WAAA Championships and then she won silver medals in the 1946 [European Athletics Championships – Women's 100 metres|100 metres] and 200 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships in Oslo, while her 1946 European Athletics Championships – Women's [4 × 100 metres relay|4 × 100 metres relay] team came fourth.
She regained her WAAA title at the 1947 WAAA Championships and the 1948 WAAA Championships.
At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, she was eliminated in the semi-finals of the Athletics at the [1948 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres|women's 100 metres]. Jordan died on 13 April 2019 at the age of 99.