Denise Margaret Robertson-Boyd (born 15 December 1952) is an Australian former

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sprinter, who reached two Olympic finals in the

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sprint. Boyd won the

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for 200 metres at the

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. Boyd's best performances were:- Athletics Australia all-time rankings list
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: 11.35 (Moscow, 1980) *200 m: 22.35 (Sydney, 1980) *

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: 51.48 (Melbourne, 1983) Her husband,

Ray Boyd Raymond ("Ray") Boyd (born 28 June 1951) is a former Athletics (sport), athlete from Australia, who competed in the Pole vault. Boyd won eleven Australian Championships in Athletics, Australian Championships in the Pole Vault, ending his ...

was also a Commonwealth Games champion and double-Olympic representative in the

pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to the Myc ...

. The Boyds have three children, all of whom are successful athletes: * Alana (born 10 May 1984) - 4.55 m Olympic pole vaulter *Jacinta (born 10 February 1986) - 6.64 m

long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

er *Matthew (Matt) (born 29 April 1988) - 5.35 m pole vaulter In 2009 Denise Boyd was inducted into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Boyd, Denise 1952 births Living people Sportswomen from Queensland Australian female sprinters Olympic athletes of Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1982 Commonwealth Games Olympic female sprinters Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Medallists at the 1982 Commonwealth Games

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