Ruth Frith

I never have.”[3]She was the mother of Australian Olympic jumper and pentathlete Helen Frith,[4][5] who under her married name of Searle is also a multiple masters world record holder.

She won the state title in the 100 yard dash at the Sydney Cricket Ground and played field hockey as a girl.

An accomplished musician with the Sydney Conservatorium of Music, she served as the student representative to the Sports Union for Athletics.

She was a leader with the Women's Amateur Athletics Association of NSW serving as Country Secretary, Records Officer, State Executive, and Secretary of the Northern Suburbs Women's club and Mid-west club.

Prior to her sporting career, she worked with the Northern Territory Indigenous Community in which she was given the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal in 1953.

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