Winifred Jordan

Winifred Sadie Jordan née Jeffrey (15 March 1920 – 13 April 2019), was an English athlete who competed at the 1938 British Empire Games, 1946 European Athletics Championships, and 1948 Summer Olympics.

She left school aged 14 to work at Dunlop, where her father was employed, and where she participated with the athletics club.

[1][2] 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.

[3] 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[4] and then she won silver medals in the 100 metres and 200 metres at the 1946 European Athletics Championships in Oslo, while her 4 × 100 metres relay team came fourth.

[6] At the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, she was eliminated in the semi-finals of the women's 100 metres.