Carole Louise Quinton (born 11 July 1936) is a female former

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athlete, who won silver medals at the

1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games The 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (Welsh: Gemau Ymerodraeth Prydain a'r Gymanwlad 1958) were held in Cardiff, Wales, from 18–26 July 1958. Thirty-five nations sent a total of 1,130 athletes and 228 officials to the Cardiff Games ...

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and

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Athletics career

Quinton competed in the

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and

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events. She competed for Great Britain at the

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. Despite not being in the initial British squad, she was selected to replace Pam Elliot, who withdrew as she was pregnant. She represented

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and won a

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in the 80 metres hurdles at the

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, Wales. In the final, Quinton and winner

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finished in a

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10.7 seconds in the final, faster than the previous Games record, though due to the wind assistance, it was not classified as a Games record time. At the time of her British Commonwealth and Empire Games medal, Quinton was the reigning British national champion in the 80 metres event. In the same year, she was in the British team that came second in the

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event at the

. In 1959, she competed in a Great Britain vs West Germany athletics meeting in

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. She came second in the 80 metres hurdles event. In 1960, she set the British national record time for the 80 metres hurdles twice. She ran a record time of 11.0 seconds in July 1960, and later in the month, she ran a new record time of 10.9 seconds. At the

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, Quinton won the silver medal in the 80 m hurdles. She also competed in the

alongside

Dorothy Hyman Dorothy Hyman (born 9 May 1941) is a retired English sprinter. She competed at the 1960 and 1964 Summer Olympics in the 100 m, 200 m and 4 × 100 m events, winning three medals. She also won individual 100 m gold and 200 m silver at the 1962 ...

, Jenny Smart and

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. They did not finish in the final of the event.

Personal life

Quinton was born in

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. She worked as a

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typist. In 1961, she married

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player David Barr in

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Quinton, Carole 1936 births Living people British female hurdlers English female sprinters English female hurdlers British female sprinters Olympic athletes for Great Britain Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Sportspeople from Rugby, Warwickshire Athletes (track and field) at the 1956 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Athletes (track and field) at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1960 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists in athletics (track and field) Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games