| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | (1944-06-06) 6 June 1944 (age 80) Uxbridge |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | High jump |
Gwenda Matthews married name Gwenda Hurst (born 6 June 1944) is a British athlete.
Athletics career
She competed in the women's high jump at the 1964 Summer Olympics.
She was a National championship runner-up behind Mary Peters in the Pentathlon.
She represented England in the high jump and long jump, at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica.
References
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gwenda Matthews Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- "WAAA and National Championships Medallists - Pentathlon/Heptathlon". National Union of Track Statistics.
- "1966 Athletes". Team England.
- "Kingston, Jamaica, 1966 Team". Team England.
- "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- 1944 births
- Living people
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics
- British female high jumpers
- English female high jumpers
- Olympic athletes for Great Britain
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games competitors for England
- People from Uxbridge
- Athletes from the London Borough of Hillingdon
- 20th-century English sportswomen