Sheila Sherwood (born Sheila Hilary Parkin, 22 October 1945 in Parson Cross, Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England) is a former international long jumper whose career highlights included a silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico, and a gold medal at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.

On the strength of this she was selected to represent Great Britain against Poland in August 1962 where she finished second behind former world record holder Elzbieta Krzensinska by just 2 cm.

[2][3] Sherwood's early career saw only a slight improvement in her jumping, and she was eclipsed by fellow British jumper Mary Rand on many occasions.

However, it was in Tokyo that Sheila met British hurdler John Sherwood and a romance began that was to result in marriage three years later.

Sherwood took the gold medal at the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh[4][5] with a career best jump of 6.73 metres and finished fourth at the 1971 European Championships in Helsinki.