Christine Bell née Perera (born 1949), is a female former athlete who competed for England.

Athletics career

She represented

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and won a bronze medal in the 100 metres hurdles, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in

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. In 1968 she became English champion over 100 m hurdles, 1968 and 1970 over 200 m hurdles and 1969 English indoor champion over 60 m hurdles. On 3 June 1967 in Blackburn she set an unofficial world-best time over 100 m hurdles with 13.7 s. In 1969 she won bronze at the European Indoor Games in Belgrade over 50 m hurdles and competed in the

1969 European Athletics Championships The 9th European Athletics Championships were held from 16–21 September 1969 in the Karaiskaki Stadium of Athens, the capital of Greece. New at these championships were the women's 1500 metres and the women's 4×400 metres relay event. Moreover, ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bell, Christine 1949 births Living people English female hurdlers Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Athletes (track and field) at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games