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Barbara Simmonds
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Barbara Aileen Simmonds (born 10 June 1961), is a female former athlete who competed for England.
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Biography
[edit]Simmonds represented England in the high jump, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Canada.[1] The following year, Simmonds became the British high jump champion after winning the British WAAA Championships title at the 1979 WAAA Championships.[2]
Simmonds regained the WAAA high jump title at the 1982 WAAA Championships[3][4] and shortly afterwards she represented England at the 1982 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia, winning a bronze medal in the high jump event.[5][6][7]
References
[edit]- ^ "1978 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletics Results". Sunday Express. 29 July 1979. Retrieved 14 March 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
- ^ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
- ^ "Christchurch 1974 Team". Team England. Retrieved 14 March 2025.
- ^ "1982 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 29 September 2019. Retrieved 29 September 2019.
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